Healthcare | Friday 3 April, 2020 6:51 am

Over 1,000 patients benefit from KAMC’s free drug delivery

More than 1,000 outpatients have benefited from the home delivery of prescribed medicines by the King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC) in Makkah over the last two weeks. These include over 600 beneficiaries within Makkah and 400 beneficiaries outside Makkah. The initiative is part of several...

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Healthcare | Friday 3 April, 2020 4:29 am

G42 and BGI Announce Groundbreaking High Throughput Detection Lab to Fight Against COVID-19

Group 42 (G42), the leading technology company based in Abu Dhabi, and global genomics leader BGI announced today the launch of a new massive-throughput laboratory built to address the need for population-scale detection and diagnosis of COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates.  The lab is...

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Healthcare | Thursday 2 April, 2020 2:55 pm

Ministry of Health Broadcasts More than 2 Billion Awareness Messages about Coronavirus

The Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has broadcast more than 2 billion awareness messages about the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), addressed to various segments of society including citizens and residents in 24...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 1 April, 2020 2:50 pm

Major Energy Companies Support Health Endowment Fund with SR 525 million

Minister of Health and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Health Endowment Fund, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, has expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Ministry of Energy and major companies operating in the field of oil and gas, renewable energy, electricity and petrochemicals for the...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 1 April, 2020 1:09 pm

Isnaad Conducts Disinfection Drive at Facilities for People of Determination as Part of CSR Initiative

Isnaad, a subsidiary of Imdaad that provides a comprehensive range of Soft Facility Management with specialized cleaning services, and highly-trained manpower supply, recently provided disinfection services at Senses Residential and Day Care for Special Needs and the Emirates Down Syndrome...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 1 April, 2020 5:02 am

Ford to Produce 50,000 Ventilators in Michigan in Next 100 Days

Ford Motor Company, in collaboration with GE Healthcare, announced today it will begin producing in Michigan a third-party ventilator with the goal to produce 50,000 of the vitally needed units within 100 days and up to 30,000 a month thereafter as needed.   Ford will provide its...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 31 March, 2020 12:28 am

Ministry of Health: More than 2,500 Persons Leave 14-Day Hospitality Facilities with Negative Tests of COVID-19

The Ministry of Health affirmed that more than 2,500 cases left health hospitality facilities after 14 days, adding that their novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) tests were negative. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the ministry disclosed that the cases completed all required medical...

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Healthcare | Monday 30 March, 2020 12:15 pm

Nahdi Medical offers free home delivery of all prescription medications across the Kingdom

Out of its responsibility as a partner in community health and as part of its efforts to fight the spread of Covid-19 virus, Nahdi Medical Company, the leading pharmaceutical retailer in Saudi Arabia, launched a free home delivery service for all prescription drugs across the...

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Healthcare | Monday 30 March, 2020 10:14 am

Aster DM Healthcare launches free tele-health consultation service in the UAE

Aster DM Healthcare has introduced a free tele-consultation service across its Medcare, Aster Hospital andAster Clinic facilities in the UAE, allowing patients to remotely consult qualified doctors for all general ailments. The leading private healthcare group is one of the...

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Healthcare | Monday 30 March, 2020 4:38 am

AHF Calls on G20 to Commit to Global Public Health Security

Following the postponement of the in-person meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia of the Civil 20 (C20) group—which represents civil society members from the world’s 20 largest economies (G20)—the C20 Health Working Group convened virtually today to outline its vision for the global...

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