The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, has won two prestigious awards at the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award Middle East 2020, which is organized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The new achievement comes in line with wise leadership’s vision to enhance the country’s position among the world’s leading countries in the […]
Saudi German Hospitals (SGH) Group has announced that its hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have introduced a range of highly subspecialized services across its hospitals to support the needs of the communities they serve. With hospitals strategically located across Saudi Arabia and the rest of the MENA region, the Group lives up to […]
Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Contact Centre received 2,210,195 calls, out of which, 870,732 were related to COVID-19, in 2020. Fatma AlKhajah, Director of the Customer Happiness Department at the DHA added that 49,651 calls were received for booking appointments for the COVID-19 PCR test and 124,780 were to book appointments for the Doctor for Every […]
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced the addition of a seventh centre offering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, as part of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Dr. Farida Al Khaja, CEO of Clinical Support Services and Nursing Sector at the DHA and Chairperson of the COVID-19 Vaccination Steering Committee, said the DHA has added Al Safa primary […]
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that the isolation period for certain COVID-19 patients and close contact cases has been reduced to 10 days from the initial 14-day period. The shortened isolation period is applicable to COVID-19 patients who did not develop any symptoms since testing positive. The reduced isolation period also applies to […]
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it has begun the vaccination drive for frontliners and employees in vital professionals in the government sector. Dr. Farida Al Khaja, CEO of Clinical Support Services and Nursing Sector at the DHA and Chairperson of the COVID-19 Vaccination Steering Committee, said the vaccination drive is in line with providing […]
Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) and Fakeeh Care, one of the largest and most prominent service providers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region, today announced that Fakeeh University Hospital in Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) is ready to welcome patients. In a qualitative addition to the existing specialized and integrated healthcare […]
Emirates SkyCargo has notched yet another milestone by flying in COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech to the UAE for the first time for the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The vaccines were transported from Brussels on Emirates flight EK 182 on 22 December 2020, arriving at Dubai International Airport (DXB) at 22.15 local time. Watch a […]
Today Aster DM Healthcare and Cayman Islands Government announced an agreement making the Cayman Islands Aster’s clinical excellence hub for the Western hemisphere, serving the Caribbean Region, North America, Canada, Latin & South America. The agreement will see Aster initially develop around 150-bed comprehensive, tertiary and quaternary care hospital, with an opportunity to expand in […]
The readiness of UAE’s health sector and its success in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic will contribute to effectively accelerating the recovery of the health tourism sector, said a high-level official. Mohamed Al Mheiri, Director of Health Tourism Department at the DHA said that all concerned stakeholders are taking preventive measures to enhance the safety […]
