The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) is launching a WhatsApp for Business offering for patients, resulting in a 70% automation of its interactions, the entity has announced.
This latest introduction will complement SEHA’s existing platforms for bookings, which includes its patient portal, smartphone app, and call centre.
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One of the GCC’s largest integrated healthcare service providers has partnered with Roche Diagnostics to transform its diagnostic solutions across its hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, it has been announced.
This week, Aster DM Healthcare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swiss multinational to transform “Aster’s existing systems into a single platform with the latest state-...
Medovate, a medical device development company in the United Kingdom, has announced its first partnership in the Middle East. The Cambridge-based specialist has teamed up with Kuwait’s Omneya Medical Co. to distribute its SAFIRA (SAFer Injection for Regional Anesthesia) device in the Gulf country.
Developed “in collaboration with clinicians from the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK,”...
A brand-new incubator and accelerator dedicated to helping develop healthtech businesses has been unveiled in the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai SME, which is part of the Department of Economic Development of the Government of Dubai – commonly referred to as Dubai Economy – has launched “Ztartup”, which will operate out of the emirate’s Healthcare City area.
“The new incubator is dedicated to...
A Dubai-based specialist diabetes clinic has released its very first report on the outcomes of its care model, demonstrating that continuous data monitoring is advantageous in dramatically improving the health of those with the condition.
GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center, which describes itself as the “world’s first healthcare provider to employ integrated continuous data monitoring” and the “...
A recently established health solutions provider has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health to bring a “pioneering” heart surgery procedure to the Kingdom.
Abdul Latif Jameel Health – which was formed in 2020 with the mission to tackle “disparity in access to modern medical care” – has launched the AVNeo (Aortic Valve Neo-cuspitization), used in surgical reconstruction of the aortic...
A rapid breath test that is reportedly capable of detecting COVID-19 within 60 seconds is currently being trialled in Dubai.
Developed by Breathonix, a company associated with the National University of Singapore (NUS), the breath test is being assessed for accuracy by the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and Dubai Health Authority (DHA).
A total of 2,500...
The Kingdom of Bahrain has become one of the first countries in the world to launch a digital COVID-19 “vaccine passport”.
According to a government press statement, the country’s BeAware app – which was launched at the onset of the pandemic to facilitate contact tracing, and currently also manages digital vaccine bookings – will function as the passport. The app will be able to confirm an...
The Kingdom of Bahrain has launched a number of mobile COVID-19 vaccination units dedicated to immunising senior citizens and individuals with special needs, it has been revealed.
Said to be the first of its kind in the GCC region, the mobile units involve medical teams making home visits to provide one of two approved COVID-19 vaccines to those unable to attend the dedicated centres.
Bahrain’s...
Nawah Scientific begins 2021 with $1 million (€0.82M) in additional funds. The Cairo-based health tech startup has secured a second pre-series A fundraise comprising both equity and debt, it announced in a press statement late on 7 Jan.
Funded primarily by Egypt Ventures, the round also saw contributions from the Alexandria Fund, Cairo Angels, Alex Angels, undisclosed angels from Hult...
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 - CREDIT Bahrain News Agency.jpeg?itok=pbY_T-Kd "The Kingdom’s BeAware app will be able to confirm an individual’s immunity status via a green shield and digital certificate that can be verified by officials at any given time.")
