Month: July 2020

Health authorities and researchers in Abu Dhabi have developed a program to track coronavirus infections in the emirate. The modelling program will help inform future safety measures and movement restrictions in Abu Dhabi as well as identify the areas that require more testing or increased hospital beds. The program, created by Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health and the UAE University, uses an algorithm to predict potential outbreaks in specific areas and will allow authorities to allocate resources accordingly to prevent…

Hospitals and clinics have seen a surge in demand for coronavirus tests as new rules mean travelers must get screened 48 hours before flying. As schools finish for summer and flights abroad open up, testing centers said they had seen an influx in demand for PCR nasal swabs. Doctors at NMC Royal Hospital in Dubai said that they had seen a spike in walk-in patients. Pulmonologist Dr Sukhant Bagdia - whose hospital had a dedicated floor for Covid-19 patients at the…

To study the complex functionality of groups of cells, and to one day build replacement tissues, researchers have been trying to find a way to generate artificial vascular networks capable of supplying oxygen and nutrients to thousands of cells. Extrusion 3D printing, in which a liquefied material is layered down and allowed to harden, has proven to be insufficient to produce fine structures with complex morphologies. Rice University scientists, with the help of others, have now developed a way of…

NMC Healthcare has recently opened a new Royal Medical Center. Located in Karama, Abu Dhabi, the center will provide residents within the community and the surrounding areas access to trusted healthcare services. NMC Health’s CEO Michael Davis, along with Clancey Po, Director of Corporate Operations Strategy inaugurated the new facility - which is NMC’s third Royal Medical Centres in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The new center is part of NMC Healthcare, an integrated healthcare provider with a network of…