hospitals

22 dead, 16 wounded in Kabul Shiite mosque attack: health ministry

Kabul - Muslimchronicle

At least 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shiite mosque in Kabul on Friday as worshippers gathered for evening prayers, officials said, in the latest attack to hit the Afghan capital. "So far we have taken 22 dead to hospitals in Kabul and 16 wounded," Mohammad Ismail Kawusi, public relations director for theRead more

276 killed, 300 injured in Mogadishu truck bomb: official

Mogadishu - Muslimchronicle

Some 276 people have been killed and 300 injured in a truck bomb attack over the weekend in Mogadishu, the Somali ministry of information announced early Monday. "Somalia Federal government confirmed that 276 people were killed in the blast... and 300 others wounded people were admitted at the different hospitals in Mogadishu," the press release said. Source:AFPRead more

MP calls parliament to pass medical law

Cairo - Mohamed Al Toni

MP Khalid Hilali, a member of the Health Affairs Committee of the Egyptian Parliament, revealed the approval of the Parliament to conduct experiments of pharmaceutical companies on Egyptians, saying: There is no objection in the existence of legislation that sets the controls and mechanisms for conducting clinical trials in Egypt. On the required conditions in the approval of new legislation,Read more

UN condemns strikes on Syrian hospitals; terror video surfaces

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

A UN official has condemned air raids that targeted hospitals in Syrian opposition-held areas this month, saying the facilities were serving hundreds of thousands of people. Jan Egeland, a top UN aid official for Syria, said the UN does not know who carried out the air raids in the northwestern Idlib province. Egeland told reporters in Geneva the air raidsRead more

Report highlights the huge opportunities

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

With the current shortage of hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities, an ageing population and the rise of medical tourism, there is a pressing need for both more and better healthcare facilities in the region over the next five years • New healthcare report by JLL finds the MENA region is lagging behind other developed economies in terms ofRead more

UAE hospitals hit by costs of treating 290kg patients

Abu Dhabi - Arab Today

Hospitals are being forced to buy costly equipment to treat patients who are morbidly obese. One hospital group has spent Dh500,000 this year alone on special scales and super-strength hoists. Others are buying large wheelchairs and reinforced beds and operating tables. "With every purchase order we get oversized chairs, oversized beds, even oversized hospital clothes," said Dr Lalu Chacko, medicalRead more

Law will allow for kidney donations from deceased donors in the UAE

Abu Dhabi - ArabToday

Hospitals are collating lists of kidney failure patients who could be candidates for transplants using organs from deceased people. A law allowing transplants of dead people’s organs was issued last year by President Sheikh Khalifa and doctors hope it will be implemented next month. "We will have a group of patients ready should an organ be available," said Dr NickRead more

Car Bomb in SE Turkey Kills 2, Wounds 15

Ankara - ArabToday

A young boy was among two victims killed in a car bomb attack in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa, Governor Gungor Azim Tuna. The 10-year-old victim was killed in the explosion near a complex that houses judges and prosecutors in the Viransehir district, according to the governorate, and 15 others were injured, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported Saturday. The office addedRead more

Alex univ. mourns victims of Nuweiba bus accident

Alexandria - Arab Today

Alexandria University mourned on Saturday the students who died in a bus accident in Nuweiba, South Sinai, on Friday. The university's crisis management committee convened to follow up the latest developments of the tragic accident and take needed measures. The death toll from the bus accident reached 10 people, according to a health official in South Sinai. Forty-one people areRead more

Hasbani calls on hospitals to treat wounded of Istanbul attack at expense of Ministry

Lebanon - Arab Today

Vice Prime Minister, Health Minister, Ghassan Hasbani, asked Lebanese hospitals to receive all wounded persons of Istanbul nightclub terrorist attack and to treat them at the expense of the Ministry. Minister Hasbani hoped for a speedy recovery for the injured and expressed his condolences to the families of martyrs Elias Wardini and Rita Chami. The Minister also denounced the "cultureRead more