At a cost of SR10 million, Dr. Abdullah bin Ali Al-Saihati, chairman of Saihati Group, is building a charitable kidney center in the Eastern Province city of Qateef. He signed a contract with a national company recently to build the center, which will have advanced medical facilities to treat kidney patients. In a statement on [...]

My family and I long to return to the Gardens of Cordoba (Qurtuba). We agonize with every breath to re-inhabit the castles of Seville (Ishbeelyah). In our veins, there runs an eternal longing to walk again in the footsteps of our forefathers in Zaragoza (Saraqusta). We yearn to once again cultivate the orchards of Valladolid [...]

Saudi parents say their children’s demand for branded products is putting a strain on their pocket, especially with the back-to-school season starting after Ramadan. There is an increasing number of branded school products on the market, which families say make it difficult for them to manage their budget, especially if they have several children. They [...]

The government has approved the establishment of a teaching hospital in Najran University at a cost of SR600 million, according to Najran Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah. He said the new hospital would help the university’s medical students obtain practical experience and improve health services in the region. He thanked Custodian of the Two Holy [...]

Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah Sami Badawood has ordered medical staff, including administrative employees, doctors and technicians, not to use professional titles or qualifications along with their names without official approval. Qualifications must be authenticated by the Higher Education Department, the Saudi Commission for Medical Specializations or any other authorized department, he said. His [...]

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the donation of two field hospitals to Pakistan to provide medical services for flood victims in the country. This was announced on Sunday by Minister Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah. “This generous humanitarian gesture from the king reveals his concern for Muslims all over the world, [...]

There is a growing tendency among young women, especially unmarried ones, to take drugs to delay menstrual cycle in the holy month of Ramadan. “Out of their eagerness to observe fasting throughout the month of Ramadan without missing any days, many young women customers, including unmarried, are coming to buy Primolut N tablet. The sale [...]

It is true that after a long day of fasting and partaking of the iftar one can usually feel weak and in need of a long nap, but to get around this many youths in the Kingdom have turned to taking energy drinks to break their fasts in order to give them a boost to [...]

JEDDAH — A comprehensive healthcare plan will be in place at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah for millions of pilgrims coming during the holy month of Ramadan, according to Dr Khalid Obaid Zafar, Director-General of Health Services for the Western Region. He said on Thursday that five dispensaries inside the Grand [...]

Emaar the Economic City (EEC) has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company Sanofi-aventis, for the company to build a manufacturing facility at the King Abdulla Economic City (KAEC) in KSA. The Tadawul-listed company, and developers of KAEC, signed the agreement with the global firm under sponsorship from the Saudi General Investment Authority (SGIA), which is [...]

The medical device industry is one of the largest segments of the healthcare industry in Saudi Arabia and has been showing noteworthy growth in current years, according to the latest RNCOS research report ‘Saudi Arabian Healthcare Market Forecast to 2012’ resealed this month. It said the medical device market was worth around US$ 790 Million [...]

RIYADH: The medical committee at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry has slammed pharmaceutical companies that market their products by paying illegal commission to doctors and urged the authorities to curb such unethical practices. A committee source told Al-Madinah daily that there were doctors paid to market medicines that may not be suitable for [...]

JEDDAH: With a burgeoning elderly population, the Kingdom has launched a five-year strategy that will lead to elderly people being offered improved health-care services. Recent years have seen a growth in the average life expectancy of people in the Kingdom with 5 percent of the population (1.2 million individuals) classed as being elderly. According to [...]

JEDDAH: Nuha Dashash, assistant director of health affairs for primary health care in Jeddah, asked all Jeddah residents not to give the dengue fever virus an opportunity to multiply by allowing standing water in the vicinity of their habitations. “(Summertime) is usually the time mosquitoes multiply inside homes due to the soaring heat outside,” she [...]

Doha, 31st May 2010: BanajaBanajaSaudi Import Company Banaja Saudi Import Company, has recently signed an agreement with Qatar Infusions Factory (Qatar PharmaPharma). In the agreement Banaja Saudi Import Company will distribute Qatar PharmaPharma’s products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), marking the first healthcare cooperation move between KSA and Qatar. The agreement is expected [...]