KOLKATA: Fortis Healthcare has decided to re-brand the 10 Wockhardt hospitals it acquired last year under the Fortis brandname from April 1. There-branding exercise will be followed by a heavy duty marketing and advertisement blitz in markets where the 10 hospitals are located. The change of brand name will also see Wockhardt hospitals adopting the [...]

 NEW DELHI: Fortis Healthcare announced on Thursday that it is buying private equity firm TPG Capital’s 23.9% stake in Singapore’s Parkway Holdings for $685.3 million (Rs 3,080 crore), supplanting Apollo Hospitals as Asia’s largest hospital chain.
Chairman Malvinder Singh, a former owner along with brother Shivinder of pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories, said the deal will place [...]

February 2010 
Feb 26 – Feb 28, 2010 
MEDITEC CLINIKA 2010
Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India
Orbitz Exhibitions Pvt Ltd
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March 2010 
Mar 4 – Mar 5, 2010
Healthcare Resource Optimization and Management
The Westin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pacific Conferences Pte Ltd.
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http://www.conferences.com.sg/conf-hcm2.htm
Mar 8 – Mar 12, 2010
23rd International CME
Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Cosra Rica, Ottawa, Canada
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
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Dubai 18th Feb 2010: Government healthcare projects worth Dh3.67 billion are going ahead in Dubai despite the economic slowdown and the debt issues.
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) the state Authority for healthcare developments has several projects which include the Hatta Hospital, likely to be completed within two months, a rehabilitation centre for the elderly at Al [...]

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 [...]

Patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis usually stay in the hospital for several days, waiting for the symptoms to subside, before undergoing surgery to remedy the condition. A new study from researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) indicates patients may no longer have to wait so long for surgery and could leave the [...]

The Brighton Township drug and alcohol rehabilitation center has signed a letter of intent to manage what will tentatively be called Saudi Care Brighton Hospital outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Livingston County clinic was chosen after an extensive search across the United States, Europe and Asia to help shape the clinic in the Middle East.
The contract [...]

Dubai-UAE: 7 February, 2010 – Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), a member of TECOM Investments, today announced that The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital (AACSH) located at the integrated healthcare free zone was officially granted the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, the leading industry benchmark for measuring quality healthcare delivery.
Dr. Ayesha Abdullah, Senior Vice-President of [...]

DOHA: With the scheduled opening date approaching fast, Hamad Medical Corporation
(HMC) has signed a historic five-year partnership deal with Canada-based Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to advise on setting up state-of-the-art services at the Children’s Hospital.
The hospital, to open in 2012, will arguably, be the first tailor-made paediatric healthcare facility in the region.
The new partnership [...]

Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group announced that it has signed an agreement with “Al-Faisaliah Medical Systems Co.”  in Dubai, under the auspices and presence of H.R.H Prince Mohamed Bin Khalid Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, president and C.E.O. of Al-Faisaliah Holding Group, to equip the largest Cardiac Center in the private sector in KSA. The Group reported about [...]

MAKKAH: As cases of kidney failure continue to rise in Saudi Arabia, dialysis centers are unable to cope with the growing number of patients.
“Because of the large number of patients looking for dialysis, the centers are unable to accept any extra,” said Abdul Rahman Al-Jazairi, 50, who has been receiving dialysis treatment for five years.
Some [...]

ATHENS, GA – Athens Regional Medical Centre is Northeast Georgia’s largest health care services, committed to excellence and dedicated to improving the health, wellness and quality of life.  At this point, the centre aims to organize an innovative electronic medical record and practice management system. Obviously, the Athens is implementing the Eclipsys PeakPractice EMR/PM solution [...]

Mission Hills, CA  -  Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the foremost 254 bed hospital, that serves both the North San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys in California. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center bids  a complete range of health services, from outpatient to inpatient to home health care.  The Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre, is [...]

Sharjah– The emirate of Sharjah will soon have four new healthcare centres each in Qarain, Nazwa, Batayeh and Khorfakkan.The Director of Sharjah Medical Zone Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saqr Al Qasimi anounced this during a dialogue with the medical committee affiliated with the Sharjah Consultative Council.
Sheikh Al Qasimi noted that currently there are 17 healthcare centres [...]

MAKKAH: The Department of Health Affairs announced on Sunday that it is investigating a private hospital in the holy city regarding the death of an Egyptian woman who had to have an abortion on Saturday because of life-threatening complications.
The alleged botched procedure then required two more procedures, including a hysterectomy.
The husband has filed a complaint [...]