Special Health Insurance For Citizens Within 5 Years
The Saudi government will introduce a special medical insurance coverage for citizens in place of existing health insurance schemes offered by private insurance companies, according to a senior Health...
June 21, 2018741Category: MEDICAL
Arab Coalition Provides Medical Services In Yemen
A field medical team of Arab coalition forces has provided therapeutic services for the families and children of liberated remote areas along the western coast of Yemen.
Medical teams aim to offer ...
June 27, 2018626Category: MEDICAL
KSRelief Has Established A Center For Mental Health Care In Syria
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has established a center for mental health care in northern Syria, state-run news agency SPA said.
The center admits patients with psychiatri...
July 01, 2018615Category: MEDICAL
Woman Denied Hospital Admission Gives Birth In Car
The health authorities in the Saudi province of Jazan launched an inquiry into the case of a pregnant woman who gave birth in the back seat of a car in broad daylight.
A female doctor examined the ...
July 02, 2018913Category: MEDICAL
Doctors Saved The Life Of Young Girl Who Had A Bullet Lodged In Her Skull
Doctors saved the life of a young girl who had a bullet lodged in her skull in Saudi.
The child was with her family when, according to King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, wedding shots we...
July 02, 2018825Category: MEDICAL
Conjoined Twins From Tanzania Undergo Separation Surgery In Saudi Arabia
A decree allowing a set of conjoined twins from Tanzania to undergo separation surgery in Saudi Arabia has been issued as part of humanitarian efforts being undertaken by the Kingdom.
The Sau...
July 08, 2018828Category: MEDICAL
First Automated Pharmacy Opens In Saudi Arabia
The first ever fully-automated public pharmacy has opened in Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Health announced the opening of the digitalised pharmacy.
The ministry posted a video recording on its ...
July 12, 2018876Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Health Minister Visits Medical Projects In Qassim
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Health Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah visited several health care institutions and development projects in Qassim on Thursday.
He stressed that his ministry is keen to l...
July 14, 2018569Category: MEDICAL
Initiative For Chronic Disease Medications Launched
In its continued efforts to provide better health services, the Riyadh Health Affairs Directorate launched an initiative for dispensing medications for chronic diseases.
The Afif General Hospit...
July 14, 2018526Category: MEDICAL
King Salman Approves Health Care Programs
King Salman on Sunday approved the implementation of an electronic sick-leave system, and directed relevant authorities to coordinate with the Civil Service Ministry in case of any amendments to the t...
July 16, 2018865Category: MEDICAL
Health Ministry Ready To Attend To Three Million Haj Pilgrims
The Saudi Arabian Health Ministry has prepared all facilities and personnel to attend to about three million pilgrims from all over the world throughout the vital rituals of the pilgrimage in Mina, Mu...
July 19, 2018570Category: MEDICAL
95 Percent Of Canadian Medical Programs Filled By Saudi Doctors
More than 95 percent of places available to non-Canadian doctors in a fellowship and specialization program in Canadian medical schools have been acquired by Saudi Arabian doctors, the Saudi cultural ...
July 21, 2018502Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Arabia’s First Smart Pharmacy Inaugurated
Prince Fahd bin Sultan, governor of Tabuk region, inaugurated the Kingdom’s first smart pharmacy — operated by a robot — at King Fahd Specialist Hospital on Thursday, following his m...
July 21, 20181334Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Health Ministry Implementing Plan For Pilgrims
The Health Ministry said it is implementing an integrated plan to maximize performance in terms of health services provided to pilgrims.
The plan includes remedial, preventive and emergency programs ...
July 25, 2018597Category: MEDICAL
Diabetes Cases Result In 5,000 Amputations In KSA Annually
Rising diabetes cases in Saudi Arabia result in 5,000 foot amputations annually, according to statistics released by the International Diabetes Federation.
This statistics was conveyed by, where th...
July 26, 2018631Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Screening Program Targets Hepatitis Virus
Saudi Arabia has revealed details of a wide-ranging campaign to eradicate hepatitis C as it joins the World Health Organization (WHO) to mark World Hepatitis Day on July 28.
The annual day of actio...
July 28, 2018512Category: MEDICAL
KSRelief Signs Agreements To Treat Yemenis In Hospitals In Aden, Taiz
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) signed three executive agreements to provide medical treatment at private hospitals in Aden and Taiz for 500 wounded and injured Yemenis.
...
July 28, 2018655Category: MEDICAL
Health Inspection Center At Jeddah Port Welcomes First Batch Of Hajj Pilgrims
The health inspection center at Jeddah Islamic Port on Friday welcomed its first Hajj pilgrims of the year. The first two ships to arrive, Mouda and Nour, carried 2,303 people from Sudan.
Staff che...
July 28, 2018497Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Dentist Patents Dental Innovation
Huda Othman Althabit is a Saudi pediatric dentist who graduated in 2013 from Riyadh Elm University Dentistry Hospital in Riyadh. She pursued her masters from the same university and is currently study...
July 28, 2018688Category: MEDICAL