RAMADAN sheesha tents that allow in minors will face fines or even closure, health officials warned yesterday. Action will also be taken against hotel tents that host private functions, offering sheesha to customers in the presence of non-smokers, they added. The move follows a case filed against the management of a four-star hotel by the [...]
A HOTEL technician died early yesterday morning from injuries he suffered in a freak accident involving projector equipment. Rafique Adam Qazi, from India, had been in a coma at the Salmaniya Medical Complex’s (SMC) intensive care unit ever since the incident at the Mercure Grand Hotel, Seef, on Tuesday. The GDN exclusively reported yesterday that [...]
AN MP yesterday blamed Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer for the growing death rate of premature newborn babies due to bad planning. Sayed Jameel Khadim said that current specialised ICU facilities at the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) were below international standards, where there were shortages of beds as well as insufficient numbers of nurses [...]
Health authorities in Bahrain plan to impose restrictions on In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) to reduce death cases among premature babies here. A draft law is being prepared by the ministry of health to monitor private hospitals and clinics to prevent unnecessary IVF procedures performed by them to make profits. A total of 250 premature babies [...]
UK management and engineering firm Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Ithmaar Development Company to provide infrastructure design and supervision services for Dilmunia Health Island. The first of its kind, this new health island, is set to be an international health and wellness facility in a resort-style environment based on a 125 hectares man-made island [...]
Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer became the first person in Bahrain to take the swine flu vaccine yesterday. He helped kick start a government campaign to vaccinate the population against the deadly H1N1 virus, which has already killed six residents. Dr Al Hamer was among more than 500 people vaccinated during an event at [...]
THOUSANDS of children went back to school yesterday – only for many to be told to go home again for another week. The government “strongly advised” private schools at a meeting yesterday to postpone reopening for further week, to build in an incubation buffer for any potential swine flu cases. The call came at a [...]
Bahrain stepped up its swine flu defences yesterday, with schools reopening only to close again and a ban on pupils returning to classes within a week of travelling from abroad. The government also approved a BD5.5 million cash injection to buy vaccines for the H1N1 virus. It was approved by the Cabinet, chaired by Deputy [...]
Saudi Arabia on Thursday reported yet more fresh cases of swine flu as countries across the Gulf see an alarming jump in the number of A(H1N1) infections. Saudi’s Health Ministry said late on Thursday in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that it had registered seven new cases of the deadly [...]
Nurses could bring Bahrain’s hospitals and clinics to a standstill unless the government responds to their demand for a 50 per cent pay rise.
