Saudi Arabia To Increase Efforts In Battle Against Obesity-related Diseases
A member at Saudi Arabia’s advisory Shura Council has proposed weighing patients to detect obesity-related diseases.
“Taking weight of the citizen and the expatriate has many health ben...
September 09, 2020470Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Arabia Has Prohibited The Sale Of 70 Medicinal Herbs, Plants
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has prohibited the sale of more than 70 types of medicinal herbs and plants, to protect consumers from possible damaging side-effects of over-the-counter herbal medic...
September 17, 2020755Category: MEDICAL
Cardiovascular Diseases Account For 37 Per Cent Of All Deaths In Saudi Arabia
Cardiovascular diseases account for 37 per cent of all deaths in Saudi Arabia according to Saudi Health Ministry statistics local media reported.
A recent statistic, obtained by Al Watan newspaper,...
September 22, 2020397Category: MEDICAL
Riyadh Hospitals On Alert For Respiratory Disorders Due To Recent Erratic Weather
Health authorities in the Saudi capital Riyadh have maximised readiness of hospitals in the city to treat potential patients of respiratory disorders due to recent erratic weather, according to a heal...
September 23, 2020485Category: MEDICAL
Hospitals In Saudi Region On Alert For Poisoning Cases
Twenty people, including five children, were hospitalised due to mass food poisoning after having meals at a restaurant in Al Aqiq Governorate in Al Baha region, Saudi Arabia, local media report...
October 05, 2020383Category: MEDICAL
SR32 Million Health Projects Launched In Jeddah
Health facilities and development projects worth SR32 million have been launched in Jeddah, according to local media.
Prince Mishaal Bin Majid Bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Jeddah, on Wednesday launc...
October 09, 2020379Category: MEDICAL
Medical Team Has Succeeded In Removing A Toothbrush From A Woman’s Stomach
A medical team has succeeded in removing a toothbrush from a woman’s stomach at Al Noor Specialist Hospital in Mecca, local media reported.
The 20-year-old woman told the doctors at the hospi...
November 02, 2020314Category: MEDICAL
Organ Donor Saves Lives Of 5 Patients At KFSHRC In Riyadh
A 24-year-old patient, who was declared brain dead after a car accident, has saved the lives of five patients after his family agreed to donate his vital organs for transplantation at the King Faisal ...
November 08, 2020327Category: MEDICAL
250 Nails Removed From A Mentally Ill Man’s Stomach
A Saudi medical team at Jeddah hospital removed 250 nails and pieces of glass from a mentally ill man’s stomach, local media reported.
The young man arrived at the hospital in a life-threaten...
November 13, 2020267Category: MEDICAL
More Than 5 Million Flu Vaccines Given In 2020
The Saudi Ministry of Health said that it has achieved its goal of raising community awareness about the importance of flu vaccine inoculations.
Minster of Health Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said that 1 m...
November 16, 2020279Category: MEDICAL
Man’s Severed Fingers Saved In Painstaking Operation
A worker who chopped off four fingers with an electric saw had them reattached in a marathon emergency operationat King Saud Medical City in Riyadh.
Saudi plastic and reconstruction surgeons manage...
November 26, 2020277Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Sponsors Two Girls After Medical Error Left Her With Perforated Uterus
Saudi teacher Jamila did not give in to the despair of starting a family and raising children after a medical error that prevented her pregnancy, as she went to an orphanage and sponsored two daughter...
December 07, 2020363Category: MEDICAL
Folk Healer Has Claimed On Social Media That He Can Make Blind People See
A folk healer has claimed on social media that he can make blind people see.
The healer says he invented 15 medicines for eye diseases that activate the blood of dead or damaged cells, raising ques...
February 04, 2021277Category: MEDICAL
Saudi Surgeon Removes Brain Tumor From Quran Memorizer
Dr. Hani Al Juhani, a Saudi consultant neurosurgeon, removed a brain tumor from an Afghan patient in a complex operation, local media reported. The patient was a female Quran memorizer.
Dr. Al Juha...
March 01, 2021537Category: MEDICAL
Ministry Of Health Launches Coronavirus Vaccination Service Inside Cars
The Ministry of Health launched on Sunday vaccination service against coronavirus inside cars and the service is available in the cities of Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, and Abha. Both Saudis and expatriat...
March 01, 2021297Category: MEDICAL