World: Leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma are all types of cancer that can affect the bone marrow, blood cells, lymph nodes, and other parts of the lymphatic system. According to MDPI, Cancer is the third most common cause of death, after heart disease and injuries, and accounted for 10% of all deaths in the UAE in 2019. […]
Abu Dhabi: Burjeel Medical City (BMC) in Abu Dhabi announced that it has launched the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) life support system for pediatric patients. ECMO is the highest form of life support currently available to patients with life-threatening but reversible conditions such as respiratory failure that is unresponsive to conventional therapies like mechanical ventilation. […]
Abu Dhabi: Providing an option for patients to undergo kidney transplantation in private hospitals in the capital, Burjeel Medical City, located in Mohamed Bin Zayed City, has started performing kidney transplantations. The first such transplantation was successfully performed at the hospital on a patient from Kazakhstan whose kidney donor was his family member. Naser Al […]
A hospice is using virtual reality to help patients relax by transporting them away from their beds. St Giles Hospice said the headsets allowed patients “to escape the realities of their present situation”. “I’ve never experienced anything quite like it in my life – I was totally lost in the moment,” Janet, 71, said. The […]
DUBAI: Al Jalila Foundation, a member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, dedicated to transforming lives through medical innovation, announced the launch of Majlis Al Amal (Hope Lounge), a unique ‘cancer drop-in centre’ and the first of its kind community centre dedicated to female cancer patients and their wellbeing. In the UAE, approximately 4,500 […]
