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 [...]
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Written By: admin on February 21, 2010
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Written By: admin on February 18, 2010
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KUWAIT: “Kuwait is swine flu free,” said a senior Ministry of Health (MoH) official on Tuesday, revealing that the data for January indicated that no new cases of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus had been detected.
MoH Undersecretary Dr. Ibrahim Al-Abdulhadi stressed that the ministry is committed to continuing its preventive plan to guard against any [...]
Written By: kashif on February 11, 2010
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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 hospital [...]
Written By: imran on February 8, 2010
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KUWAIT: The benefits given to disabled people as a result of the recently passed disability legislation could lead to more people feigning disability in an attempt to take advantage of the law, according to a senior official. Suad Al-Mutairi, the former Assistant Director of the Supreme Council for the Disabled, further controversially alleged that unofficial [...]
Written By: admin on January 21, 2010
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Kuwait Health Contractors Congress is set to be held in Kuwait from 11th to 13th April 2020.
The conference and Exhibtion will provide a platform for professional healthcare organizations to identify potential business opportunities and bridge the gap between quality healthcare providers and consumer markets.
Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Hilal Al Sayer, Kuwait [...]
Written By: admin on January 21, 2010
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21st Jan 2010 Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer affirmed on Wednesday keenness on using foreign expertise for upgrading the national health sector.
Al-Sayer, in a statement to KUNA following conclusion of a workshop on the economies of health and health insurance under sponsorship of the World Bank, affirmed that the health economies constitute some [...]
Written By: jihan on January 20, 2010
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KUWAIT: The Kuwait Center for Autism (KCA) is now the proud recipient of the European Union’s prestigious Chaillot Prize 2009. On this occasion, Luigi Narbone, the Ambassador, Head of Delegation, EU and his colleagues visited the Center in order to hand over the award. The Center was a finalist for this year’s prize that was [...]
Written By: jihan on January 4, 2010
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KUWAIT: Doctors have urged the Health ministry to take serious steps to improve their living conditions in the country. They demanded a salary raise that covers their living expenses and annual income levels at par with other parts of the world. Recent press reports quoted ministry officials as saying that the salaries of Kuwaiti and [...]
Written By: jihan on January 4, 2010
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KUWAIT: The Egyptian Cultural Office organized a medical seminar under the patronage of the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Taher Farhat. It was titled ‘New Developments in Swine Flu.’ Public health specialist and Head of the Department at Mubarak hospital, Dr Ahmad Khalil was the keynote speaker in the seminar. Human beings contract the flu when [...]
Written By: admin on December 30, 2009
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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Healthcare company Gethealthykuwait.com yesterday announced that 45 per cent of the female students analyzed for obesity during school visits over a two month period were overweight or obese, calling on parents and schools to do more in the fight against teenage obesity.
Gethealthykuwait.com also determined that out of the 232 teenage girls tested by [...]
Written By: jihan on December 28, 2009
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KUWAIT: Cuba plans to renew its previous bilateral agreement with Kuwait, especially in the field of medical cooperation, once the country’s new envoy secures a formal meeting with Kuwait’s Minister of Health(MoH). Manuel Pardinas Ajeno, the new Cuban Ambassador to Kuwait was speaking to the Kuwait Times yesterday to announce the country’s National Day celebrations [...]
Written By: jihan on December 24, 2009
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KUWAIT: The third wave of the A H1N1 (swine flu) virus is expected to hit Kuwait next month, according to health minister Dr. Helal Al-Sayer. The next phase of the disease threatens to cause an increase in infection levels, the minister said, emphasizing that the Ministry of Health (MoH) is fully prepared to face the [...]
Written By: admin on December 14, 2009
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KUWAIT, Dec 14 (KUNA) — Scientific centre has marked Monday launching of the upgrading project of the Aquarium Centre through adding new interactive monitors under the sponsorship of Aquarium’s director Mujbal Al-Mutawah, it was announced by Al-Mutawah on Monday.
Al-Mutawah said in a press statement that launching this upgrade project aims at keeping up with modern [...]
Written By: admin on December 14, 2009
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KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Department for Caring for the Disabled said yesterday that Kuwait spares no effort to cater for its children with disabilities, providing them with shelter, medical, psychological, social care and guidance.
Director of the Department, Khaled Al-Mahdi said during a seminar held on the sidelines of the Arab Handicapped Day, that the development of [...]
Written By: admin on December 8, 2009
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9th December 2009 KUWAIT, Health Co-operation among member states of the GCC The Gulf Co-operation Council, started more than three decades ago, the assistant under-secretary of public health Kuwait Dr. Youssef Al-Nesif said on Tuesday.
Health issues will be given special attention at the GCC summit, due here in Kuwait on December 14, said Al-Nesif, [...]
