BBC has reported an indepth article on the innovation of creation of artificial living cell made from the arificially grown chromosoms here is the report for our readers courtesy BBC. Researchers in the US have developed the first synthetic living cell. Their work, which many scientists have called a landmark study, is a key step [...]

JEDDAH // Delegates at a national dialogue conference on health care demanded the Saudi government issue a new law to make medical malpractice a criminal offence and called for the establishment of a special court to handle cases. More than 70 people, including doctors, medical lawyers and healthcare officials from across the kingdom, met last [...]

Discussion Points Subjective): Electronic Medical Records Objective : EMR Data Sets Assessment Organizational Readiness Presentation by John Hawkins CEO of intellehealth. The presentation by John at seminar called : Middle East Healthcare expansion Click ME-HC-Expansion to download the complete presentation in pdf format.

Saudi Arabia’s health care sector has seen a dramatic change in recent years. With the introduction of compulsory health insurance for expatriates working in the private sector, the business landscape has shifted for pharmaceutical companies, insurers and health care providers, all of whom are still looking for long-term balance in the market. The Kingdom has [...]

Biomedical Middle East has always been talking about the huge oppartunities in Saudi Healthcare sector. The Saudi Medicare 2010 conference and exhibtion also has same remarkes. The Saudi Medicare 2010 Exhibtion will be held from 12th to 15th April this month. There will be distributor manufecturers and other healthcare peers attending and exhibiting at the [...]

JEDDAH: Princess Adilah bint Abdullah, chairperson of the National Home Health Care Foundation, has called for the establishment of a specialized unit for the treatment and care of children suffering from cancer. Opening a conference on children recovering from cancer, organized by King Abdul Aziz Hospital in Jeddah, she said more than 10,000 children in [...]

DOHA: The Texas A&M University — Qatar welcomed biomedical engineering expert, Dr John D W Madden, as its fourth Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker on Tuesday at the University’s Engineering Building at Education City. Madden presented a lecture entitled, “Protein–based Solar Cells, Plastic Electronics and other Carbon-based Devices,” which discussed the new and existing science of [...]

CAIRO, March 2 (KUNA) — Arab health ministers meet in Arab League’ Secretariat General on March 10-11. The Arab League said in a statement that the meetings will be headed by Libya with participation from Syria, Qatar, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia. The meetings on next day will be headed by Lebanon and [...]

Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s implementation of compulsory health insurance in 2006 has left Dubai lagging behind in its health insurance reforms. Dubai had planned to follow in the footsteps of Abu Dhabi’s mandatory health care insurance scheme but, owing to a change in the financial climate, the scheme was suspended, leaving a large percentage of low-income [...]

Feb 24, 2010 – Saudi healthcare market looks quite promising with plenty of investment opportunities. Saudi Arabia needs both foreign investment and expertise to develop its healthcare system to cope with an aging but well-to-do population. Although Saudi Arabia is quite developed in terms of healthcare infrastructure in comparison to gulf countries, increasing prevalence of [...]

The Middle East region has contributed double digit growth rates to the HARTMANN GROUP’s AED 7.55 billion (over Euro 1.5 billion) turnover in 2009. The group’s success is due in part to the H1N1 flu pandemic scare worldwide, according to an official of the medical company based at the Dubai Airport Freezone. “2009 is the [...]

KUWAIT: The biggest US medical team from various specialities is to visit Kuwait soon, director of the Retirees Service and Overseas Medical Treatment at the Kuwait Ministry of Defense Sheikh Sabah Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah said yesterday. Sheikh Sabah Al-Abdullah said in a press statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that this team is made up of [...]

RIYADH: The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training (GOTEVOT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Sunday. The MOU involves training health officials in Information Technology in order to facilitate e-health services to citizens and residents of the Kingdom. The MOU was signed by Health Minister Dr. [...]

DOHA: Cancer treatment is set to become less invasive and more effective with the use of nano-technology, promising a new way of dealing with the scourge, based on innovative research by a Qatar-based American laser optics expert. “The use of nano-biomaterials and nano-medical devices will open new pathways to the discovery of the means of [...]

KUWAIT: The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a new 300-bed capacity hospital for alternative medicine and rehabilitation at a total cost of KD 30 million, announced the Health Ministry Deputy Dr Ibraheem Al-Abdulhadi. The new hospital will built on the site where the current alternative medicine hospital is situated. A state-of-the art, fully equipped [...]