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February 27th, 2019 - 10:08 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Jordan Health in Bad Shape With Soaring Debt and 'Brain Drain' of Medics Running Away

A lack of solutions to address severe shortages in medical personnel have resulted in the Health Ministry incurring JD120 million worth of debt, its spokesperson, Hatem Azrui, said on Tuesday.

Liposuction remains the second most popular surgical procedure after breast augmentation (AFP/File Photo)

March 29th, 2018 - 11:00 GMT

Woman Dies During Liposuction Surgery in Lebanon

Ethiopian Israelis hold pictures of relatives as they protest in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem. (AFP/ File Photo)

March 21st, 2018 - 08:39 GMT

Israel Claims to Publish Campaign for 'War on Racism'

The first General Prosecutor of East Alexandria Mustafa Hany jailed the undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Alexandria Magdy Hegazi for four days pending investigations. (AFP/ File Photo)

March 8th, 2018 - 11:38 GMT

Egypt Court Jails Undersecretary of Health Ministry Amid Bribe Case Investigation

Experts have found a number of obstacles facing the employment of 20,000 Saudi pharmacists in pharmacies across the Kingdom.
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February 19th, 2018 - 12:57 GMT

Long Working Hours, and Other Reasons Why Saudi Pharmacists Can't Find Jobs

Workers clean the beach of the coastal town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, on Jan. 23, 2018 as garbage washed and piled along the shore after stormy weather (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

February 6th, 2018 - 08:25 GMT

Over 6,000 Treated for Illnesses Caused by Lebanon's Trash Crisis

A Palestinian fisherman stands on his boat in Gaza City's seaport during heavy fog on February 26, 2017. (AFP/FILE)

January 13th, 2018 - 01:53 GMT

Palestinian Fisherman Shot by Egyptian Forces Dies from Wounds

Egyptian security members and forensic police inspect the site of a gun attack outside a church south of the capital Cairo, on Dec. 29, 2017. A gunman opened fire on a church, killing at least nine people before policemen shot him dead, state media and officials said.
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December 29th, 2017 - 12:56 GMT

Update: Nine Killed in Egypt Church Attack

By Saturday, shortages of all drugs, not just penicillin injections, were reported in pharmacies as well as in private sector hospitals and government medical institutions (AFP/File)

December 17th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Egypt Struck by Drug Shortages Yet Again

“We are in a garbage crisis whether there is trash on the streets or not,” HRW Lebanon and Kuwait researcher Bassam Khawaja said (AFP/File)

December 5th, 2017 - 08:11 GMT

The Trash Crisis Does Not Exist: Lebanon's Environment Minister

The issue of male infertility has become a worldwide issue and the causes are mainly related to modern-day lifestyle matters such as obesity and smoking. (Pixabay)

October 22nd, 2017 - 02:33 GMT

Male Infertility a Reality in UAE: Infographic

Saudi Arabia plans to privatize about 16 government sectors in the first phase as part of its Vision 2030. (File photo)

July 18th, 2017 - 11:24 GMT

Saudi Arabia Says Healthcare to Be Free for Citizens, Even After Privatization

Displaced Iraqis receive aid food during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul, on June 5, 2017. The camp was hit by a mass outbreak of food poisoning on June 12. (Karim Sahib/AFP)

June 13th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Mass Food Poisoning Outbreak Kills 2 in Mosul Refugee Camp