Long-term car firm says deal is set to further improve the quality of life for patients and their families across the UAE
Healthcare
Going public: tycoon BR Shetty
Indian-born BR Shetty turned the meagre $7 with which he arrived in the UAE in the 1970s into a personal fortune estimated at $1bn. In a rare interview, he tells Arabian Business about new plans for the businesses that made him rich – NMC Health and UAE Exchange – revealing little sign of slowing down at 70 years of age
Dubai launches new health insurance payment system
System to be implemented across hospitals, clinics over three years from 2017
Global medical tech firm signs partnership to set up UAE business
Siemens Healthineers partners with Easa Saleh Al Gurg; offers medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, healthcare IT services
UAE’s Zulekha opens first Indian hospital in $43m deal
Zulekha Hospitals Group announces opening of Alexis Multi-Speciality Hospital in Nagpur
Visitors to Saudi Arabia ‘granted 60 days’ to submit health claims
Participating insurers must compensate within 30 days under new mandatory health insurance policy
Qatar’s health giant says largest expansion phase underway
Hamad Medical Corporation says it will open three new hospitals in next six months following opening of communicable disease centre
RAK gov’t increases maternity leave for working mothers
Women will be able to take three months of fully paid leave under new rules; part of UAE’s plan to narrow gender gap
Dubai Municipality closes 163 dining outlets over poor hygiene, maintenance
The assessment of food venues in Dubai has been changed following the application of a new system which depends on the risk of violations
Bahrain approves increase in expats’ healthcare fees
Prices will more than double from $8 (BD3) to $19 (BD7)
MidEast’s largest hospital to open in Kuwait by end of 2016
Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al-Sabah hospital will be the sixth largest hospital in the world
South Africa’s Mediclinic H1 earnings impacted by Al Noor buy
CEO Danie Meintjes said Middle East offered a ‘long-term growth opportunity’, after health insurance regulations impacted on revenue growth
Three-quarters of Saudi health centres said to face closure
Private health institutes rapped for failing to comply with recruitment rules
Qatar shifts some state-run health, education services to private sector
Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani outlines economic agenda for the next five years in an era of low oil and gas prices
Hundreds of staff said to lose jobs at Saudi Arabia’s Medical City
Ministry reportedly refuses to renew contracts following pressure from Saudi postgraduates
Dubai to host obesity summit as crisis grows in Middle East
World Health Organisation says MENA has 26 million people classed as severely obese, making it a major public health concern
Saudi Arabia said to mull mandatory health insurance for pilgrims
2014 decision had exempted pilgrims, democrats and others new medical insurance scheme
