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  • Baby Test Could Identify 500 More Heart Defects a Year

    Added On : 5th August 2011

    A simple screening test could pick up 500 extra serious heart defects among newborns every year, a report in The Lancet indicates.

    The test involves putting a small sensor on the hand and foot of a baby to check the blood oxygen level. Those with low levels are then sent for a heart ultrasound.

    Currently babies are physically examined by a midwife at birth, but this leads to substantial numbers with congenital heart defects leaving hospital undiagnosed.

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  • AL-MANE LAUNCHES ELECTRONIC COLLEGE PROJECT

    Added On : 30th November 2008

    The MOH Medical Supply General Manager Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Hussain said the program, with its yearly cost of SR77,200,000, targets 772 patients in the year 2009.

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  • CHILD DENTAL WORK RISE 'WORRYING'

    Added On : 14th April 2009

    Nearly 30,000 children a year attend hospital...

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  • BYETTA (EXANATIDE) - NEW ONCE-A-WEEK TREATMENT FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES

    Added On : 9th October 2008

    In a study published by the Lancet journal today, Toronto researcher Dr. Daniel Drucker reported that a new once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes could replace the more common twice-daily injection.

  • MoH Commended for Outstanding Services

    Added On : 25th June 2012

    The Executive Board of the GCC Health Ministers Council commended the Saudi Health Ministry yesterday for being largely responsible for the number of Saudi hospitals to earn the US-initiated Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation and certification recently.
     
    “The achievement is a pride for the Kingdom and an example to be followed by the GCC and other Arab and Middle Eastern countries,” Director General of the Executive Board of the GCC Health Ministers Council Tawfiq A. Khoja said in a letter addressed to the Health Ministry yesterday.
     
    He added that the achievement reflected the realistic approach of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in providing an excellent level of health, curative and preventive services plus a good work environment.

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  • H1N1 Vaccine is Safe

    Added On : 27th November 2009

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  • PSCDR LAUNCHING MENTAL HEALTH...

    Added On : 22nd March 2009

    PSCDR LAUNCHING MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY

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  • MOBILE DENTAL CLINICS LAUNCHED...

    Added On : 5th March 2009

    MOBILE DENTAL CLINICS LAUNCHED IN JEDDAH

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  • POLIO VACCINATION CAMPAIGN...

    Added On : 1st February 2009

    POLIO VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN JEDDAH TARGETS 215,000 CHILDREN

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  • SAUDI DENTISTS' BID TO BITE INTO BAHRAINI...

    Added On : 14th January 2009

    SAUDI DENTISTS' BID TO BITE INTO BAHRAINI MARKET SPARKS DISPUTE

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