The Gulf Health Council (GHC) held its 97th meeting of the Executive Board on Wednesday and Thursday at its headquarters in Riyadh.

During the meeting, the Executive Committee members discussed several topics listed on the meeting’s agenda to improv…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia achieved a significant decrease in road accident deaths in the Kingdom by 35% during the past five years, after the number of road accident deaths decreased from 9311 in 2016 to 6651 in 2021, as announced by the World Healt…

Nine citizens were injured in gas cylinder explosion in a restaurant in Mezzeh area in Damascus.“At about 13:30, a gas cylinder exploded inside a restaurant in Mazzeh, West Villas.The explosion injured nine citizens and caused huge damage to the place…

Health Minister Dr. Hassan al-Ghobash discussed with Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to Syria Barry Gilder, and his accompanying delegation means of bolstering cooperation in the health sector.Al-Ghobash pointed out that the Ministry, despit…

Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar held a meeting Sunday with the heads of health departments in the various Egyptian governorates and co-organizers of the Global Congress on Population, Health and Development (PHDC’23) to discuss …

King Fahd Medical City, part of the Riyadh Health Cluster II, achieved the 9th level of the Golden Star Award in repeated excellence for the second year in a row.King Fahd Medical City was selected from among many organizations and institutions that p…

Bahrain launched its first infectious diseases centre to provide integrated medical services with experienced competencies all in one place.The centre will provide diagnostic methods for diseases that result from microbial infections as well as provid…

At least nine people were killed and 20 others were injured following a fire at a train compartment at Madurai railway station in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Indian Railway said on Saturday.The tragedy took place when the fire broke out early …

Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Walid Khalifa Almanea received Nepalese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain Tirtha Raj Wagle and discussed joint cooperation.Dr. Almanea commended joint cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of…

A medical and research team from the College of Medicine at King Saud University successfully identified a genetic mutation that causes fulminant viral hepatitis (FVH) in patients with hepatitis A.The team of the college’s Department of Pediatrics made…

The 23rd conference of the Syrian Association of Obstetricians ear and eye and throat ,along with the first international Syrian-Russian conference in otology were inaugurated in Damascus on Thursaday.Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Health Minister Dr. Hassan al-Ghobash, discussed with the Algerian Ambassador in Damascus, Kamel Bouchama, ways to enhance health cooperation binding the two countries.Al-Ghobash praised Algeria’s positions, particularly the support it provided to Syr…