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Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC)

Main Category: Hospital
First Address : PO Box 51900
City : Abu Dhabi
Country : United Arab Emirates
Phone: 971 2 6214666
Fax: 971 2 6313664
Email: info@skmc.gov.ae
Website: www.skmc.gov.ae


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Diabetes: Treat to target

As the international community focuses its attention on diabetes this month, MT takes an in-depth look at how the disease is being tackled in the UAE.

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Notes on a scandal

Whether in times of crisis or celebration, managing the full glare of the media spotlight is an art form. Jo Hartley examines how best to handle the press pack.

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A lack of chemistry

Joanne Bladd reports on the measures the United Arab Emirates is taking to crack down on medication fraud.

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SKMC gets ambient lab

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), received a boost with the news that its state-of-the-art Cardiac Sciences Department has become a regional reference site for Philips Ambient Experience Cath Lab, echocardiography and cardiovascular information solutions.

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Blood supply facing thalassaemia threat

The United Arab Emirates desperately needs to raise awareness of the risks of thalassaemia to increase donations to the nation's blood supply, a leading consultant has said.

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Special delivery

When the news is bad: techniques for disclosing it with tact.

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Organ plan bound by red tape

The success of the United Arab Emirate's first locally run organ donation system is hinged on a legal definition.

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State of emergency

MT pulls the curtain back on trauma medicine in the UAE.

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Reconstruction worker

Maxillofacial surgery can present some of the most complicated procedures seen in dentistry. MED talks to Dr Steven Liggins, head of the maxillofacial department at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) about the disciplines needed to tackle trauma.

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Is competition the best medicine?

UAE patients will soon have access to information long kept under wraps by the healthcare industry.

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SKMC goes on record with results

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) will become the first hospital in the UAE to disclose extensive information online about the quality of its care, in a bid for increased transparency in the region's healthcare industry, the hospital's CEO has said.

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A&E strains under patient misuse

Non-acute patients are clogging up emergency rooms by failing to use primary care services for minor ailments.

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Dr business

From MD to MBA; why the business of medicine is sending the region's physicians back to school for business skills.

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Single contract planned for SKMC staff

Employees at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) are set to benefit from a new, streamlined employment contract, the recently appointed CEO has said.

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It’s been a busy six weeks in the FM world

Rumour has it, the summer months are the quietest time of the year. However, this didn't stop the FM industry from having a busy six weeks.

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Full facilities assessment

SKMC's strategic plan includes FM review by international professional.

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Reforming healthcare

Doing things in a low key way, with very little PR or fanfare, is how business is often done in the Middle East.

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Abu Dhabi to transform healthcare

Abu Dhabi has transformed the way healthcare is delivered following an agreement between the US-based Cleveland Clinic and the emirate's local health authority.

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The pace of change

As acting CEO of Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Jay Cooper is steering the Abu Dhabi hospital through one of its most complex transformations to date. He talks to Medical Times about patients, pay scales and squaring up to the private sector.

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Nurses face further pay deal delay

UAE nurses employed by the Ministry of Health have been informed a proposed pay deal, which would see wages rise to match those paid in neighbouring emirates, is to be delayed for the fourth time in a year.

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General Authority to fund preventive care

Abu Dhabi's Authority for Health papers over cracks in health plans for low-income workers.

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What price care?

Government officials confirm UAE-wide rollout of compulsory private insurance, as public hospitals struggle to cope

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All work and no pay for nurses

UAE government denies plans for increased salaries for Ministry of Health-employed workers.

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