Hamad Medical Corporation’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) has performed over 20 million tests in 2019, providing a comprehensive range of specialised laboratory services for the people in Qatar.

The DLMP not only serves the patients of HMC, with dedicated facilities at different sites, but also provides referral services to several other entities across Qatar, including the military, police, embassies, private hospitals,"...

Abdulatif, a 73-year old man suffered from complex diabetes which led to kidney failure. Abdulatif, an Emirati by origin weighed 115 kgs and clearly suffered from obesity, a key factor that led to his condition. Research indicates that more than two billion people are overweight or obese globally. Obesity is a major factor for the lead up to type 2 diabetes, which has quadrupled in the last 35 years, and more than 460 million adults in the world now have diabetes. In the UAE, over 64 percent of the population suffers from"...

Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari launched the ministry’s new website on the sidelines of the opening of the Qatar Health Conference 2020 at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort and Convention Hotel on Thursday.
The new website www.moph.gov.qa is user-friendly, efficient and designed according to the latest international website standards and provides users with easy access to the ministry’s services and information.
The website, which has been redeveloped and launched in both Arabic"...

The Tej Kohli Foundation has moved one step closer to a non-surgical treatment for corneal blindness as it prepares to enter into a collaboration with researchers in Montreal, Canada and Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK to develop the Foundation’s recently acquired proprietary technology into an injectable biosynthetic ‘glue-filler’.

The biosynthetic solution is a liquid form that sets as a gel at body temperature and which can then"...

Mundipharma today announced a partnership with Samsung Bioepis to commercialize Samsung Bioepis’ first-wave biosimilar candidates in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The partnership covers Samsung Bioepis’ biosimilar candidates in the field of immunology and oncology, including SB5 (adalimumab), SB4 (etanercept), SB3 (trastuzumab), and SB8 (bevacizumab).

Through the partnership,"...

Sidra Medicine, a speciality children’s, young people's and women’s healthcare organisation and a member of Qatar Foundation, celebrates two rewarding years of delivering safe patient care.
The hospital building opened and welcomed the first inpatients to be treated in the state-of-the-art facility on January 14 2018. The first baby was born at Sidra Medicine coincided with the opening of the hospital.
Within two years, 2,300 babies were born in the hospital, Sidra Medicine said on it official"...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched its annual national vaccination campaign against Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) which aims to cover about 20,000 school students.

The vaccination campaign for 2020 will continue until February and encourage school children to get the booster vaccine. It will cover year 10 students from 72 private and 62 public schools. It is being held in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher"...

Covetrus (NASDAQ: CVET), a global leader in animal-health technology and services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its scil animal care business (“scil”) to Heska Corporation (“Heska”) (NASDAQ: HSKA) for a purchase price of $125 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.

The transaction is expected to close in the next 60 to 90 days, subject to customary closing conditions."...

The Cost Diagnosis

The medical industry is always advancing the accuracy of diagnosis for better treatment. A transition from a 64 slice CT scan to 128 and then 256 to 320 slice CT scan produces enhanced diagnosis capabilities. However, when it comes to financial health, industry perception still lies in traditional approaches to cost reduction measures. Occupancy and ARPOB is the yardstick and EBIDTA is targeted with a top-down approach.