Month: September 2019

Expo 2020 Dubai will organize a series of 9 medical conferences and specialized events during the six-month-long event. The events – which will be held at the co-located Dubai Exhibition Centre – will focus on high-tech healthcare innovations including virtual reality, robotics, paediatric, orthopaedic and surgery technology, as well as 3D printing and wearable health-tech. The conferences will be organised by the Dubai-based Medetarian Conference Organizing MCO, which will lease a cumulative 160,000 sq m of space. “The 9 cutting-edge…

Aster DM Healthcare is to set up a research centre for the GCC and India in Bangalore. The Aster Innovation and Research Centre aims to leverage the advances in digital health research like AI, cognitive psychology, blockchain, IOT, behavioural economics etc. and on-board start-ups which can drive innovation. It will also focus on applied research with universities, startups and industry partners. Dr Azad Moopen, founder chairman and managing director, Aster DM Healthcare, said: “With evolving patient needs, it is essential…

The UAE's support for the health sector in Yemen carries on in At Tuhayta (Hodeidah governorate) by providing medical protection against diseases that cause diarrhea, prevalent in remote coastal towns southwest of the district. The Emirates Red Crescent recently supplied At Tuhayta hospitals and health centres with medicines and vaccines that treat and fight a number of epidemics that cause severe acute watery diarrhea, which authorities say are on the rise, especially among children. The gesture is in line with…

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there are reports of more than 2,000 patients receiving dialysis, and this number is expected to increase by 100% by 2023. The high incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the UAE has been attributed to the prevalence of diabetes, obesity and hypertension. NMC ProVita International Medical Center, a subsidiary of the UAE & Middle East largest private healthcare provider - NMC Healthcare, offers home Dialysis service to patients in UAE. To meet the…

The Ministry of Health and Prevention has launched a Postpartum initiative this week to encourage young mothers to go on follow up visits to their health centres after delivering a baby. The initiative will help entrench the culture of medical visits and follow-ups among women after childbirth, to check on the health of the mother and child and to conduct necessary tests. The visits will help the young mother be aware of the psychological changes that may occur in her…