MUSCAT — Health Ministry authorities yesterday confirmed the discovery of a new case of H1N1 influenza, taking the total number of infections reported to date in the Sultanate to four. A British student arriving in Oman on a social visit last week was found to have contracted the flu, Dr Idris al Abaidani, Acting Director [...]
MUSCAT — With an RO 114.6 million budget and a total of 45 projects, the seventh 5-Year Health Development Plan (2006-2010) has been continuing expeditiously, further developing the health services infrastructure. This was stated by Dr Ali bin Mohammed bin Moosa, Minister of Health, in comments to the Observer.
MUSCAT — All three Omani students who were last week confirmed as the first ever infections of H1N1 influenza in the Sultanate, have now made a full recovery, a senior Health Ministry
official said here yesterday. Dr Idris al Abaidani (pictured), Acting Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control, said lab tests [...]
MUSCAT — Al Raffah Hospital, owned and managed by Dr Moopen’s Group, will conduct a free medical camp on June 25 from 5 pm to 10 pm at Safeer Hypermarket at Ghubra. Asma Khan, Manager Corporate Affairs, Dr Moopen’s Group, said the hospital will offer free blood sugar and blood pressure check-ups as well [...]
MUSCAT — In observation of the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) to create a consensus on the relationship between population growth and other areas of development, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reminds nations of the remaining five years for fulfilment of the Cairo Consensus.
MUSCAT — Dr Fatma Obaid Ali, Managing Director, Emirates Medical Centre, says it is important to take special care of one’s skin during the summer. The skin, sometimes called the third kidney, is the body’s largest eliminative organ after the liver. When it functions efficiently, it eliminates two pounds of waste acids daily, so its [...]
MUSCAT — Prof Dr Elke Jäger, head of an oncology clinic in Germany, visited the office and project site of Al Madina A’Zarqa recently. The visit aims to open the doors of Oman to the German health specialists. Al Madina A’Zarqa and the Ministry of Health are working hand in hand to bring the best [...]
Muscat, 21 June 2009. Prof. Dr. med. Elke Jäger, head of the largest oncology clinic in Germany, visited the office and project site of Al Madina A’Zarqa recently. The visit aims to open the doors of Oman to the German Health specialists. Al Madina A’Zarqa and the Ministry of Health are working hand in hand [...]
MUSCAT — A world-class medical centre, run by Kerala-based KIMS Healthcare Management Ltd, will open in Darsait tomorrow.
MUSCAT — The Ministry of Health has started preliminary work on Oman’s National e-Health Strategy, says Dr Ali bin Mohammed bin Moosa, Minister of Health. The National e-Health strategy aims to have Oman’s entire health sector working on digital systems where these systems inter operate for a proper and safer continuum of patient’s care, he [...]