Category Archives: Health Care

Mecomed reaffirms its commitment to reinforcing region’s healthcare

Mecomed reaffirms its commitment to reinforcing region’s healthcare through collaborative efforts in Medical Technology

Mecomed is the medical devices, imaging, and diagnostics trade association serving as the voice of international medical technology manufacturers across the Middle East & Africa (MEA).

Abu Dhabi, UAE, May 2024 – Mecomed, the Medical Technology Association in the Middle East and Africa, recently participated in the Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week, organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH) under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council. This event marked a significant milestone in fostering collaborative efforts to integrate artificial intelligence within the healthcare sector.

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SEHA’s Tawam Hospital Restores Full Mobility in Patient with Complex Elbow Fracture

Leading orthopaedic surgeons at Tawam Hospital perform a bone graft to fully reconstruct the patient’s elbow joint in a remarkable surgical feat.

Abu Dhabi-UAE. 21 May 2024 –The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), a subsidiary of PureHealth, the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has achieved a medical milestone by successfully performing a pioneering procedure to fully restore theelbow function of a patient who suffered from a complex fracture sustained in a car accident. The surgery took place at Tawam Hospital, where a team of leadingorthopaedicsurgeons conducted a bone graft to fully reconstruct the patient’s elbow joint.

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Dr. Sahar Hashmi, an Invited Speaker at HIMSS on AI Innovations in Healthcare

Dr. Sahar Hashmi, an Invited Speaker at HIMSS on AI Innovations in Healthcare

Dr. Sahar Hashmi was an invited speaker at the HIMSS New England annual conference in Massachusetts, USA. It was an engaging and intellectually enriching panel discussion with the panel speakers on “AI Innovations in Healthcare: Transformative Applications and Future Directions.”

The AI expert panel explored a range of topics, debunking myths and examining the potential digital transformative power of generative AI applications in healthcare.

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Mölnlycke Health Care expands investment in Tamer Mölnlycke Care,

 a joint venture between Tamer Group and Mölnlycke

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16May2024: Mölnlycke Health Care, a world leading MedTech company, has expanded its commitment to operations in the Middle East by extending its stake from 33.3% to 60% to become majority shareholder in Tamer Mölnlycke Care – a joint venture with Tamer Group, the market leader in healthcare distribution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Tamer Mölnlycke Care joint venture was initiated in 2021 with the agreement to develop a customised surgical procedure tray factory in Saudi Arabia, with first production expected in Q4 2024. 

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M42 launches AI-powered tool to automate TB screening and cut workload up to80%

  • Globalhealth-techcompany’s newx-ray screening toolcan potentially automate the reporting of tuberculosis (TB) screening and cutradiologists’ workload by up to80%.
  • Preliminary results at Capital Health Screening Centre (CHSC) show zero missed TB cases in over one million scans.
  • Technology can be implemented at Malaffi, the Abu Dhabi Health Information Exchange and ADNOC’s Occupational Medical Centre, operated by CHSC.

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