Reporter/ Fazeena Saleem

CAS helps students plan career path 04 Apr 2018 - 07:53 am

DOHA: A new ‘Career Advising System’ (CAS), being implemented across public secondary schools in the country to guide students for planning their academic...

Ten health centres to become autism-friendly 02 Apr 2018 - 09:44 am

DOHA: In a new initiative to create a friendly environment for autistic people in the country, Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) is set...

Admissions for HBKU Juris Doctor program open 29 Mar 2018 - 08:48 am

DOHA: The College of Law and Public Policy (CLPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) is set to receive a new batch of...

QNRF and Turkish agency select two research projects on cyber security 20 Mar 2018 - 08:23 am

DOHA: Two research proposals on cyber security were awarded yesterday as part of a joint initiative between the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)...

Sheikha Moza honours ARC’18 award winners 20 Mar 2018 - 08:22 am

DOHA: The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18) yesterday opened in the presence of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of...

Early detection key to slowing glaucoma progress, says expert 14 Mar 2018 - 09:22 am

DOHA: With more than 175 patients receiving treatment each month for glaucoma, a major cause of blindness in Qatar, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)...

Over 600 treated for sensorineural hearing loss at HMC unit yearly 06 Mar 2018 - 08:47 am

DOHA: More than 600 children and adults are treated for sensorineural hearing loss every year at the Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Audiology and...

250 new dialysis cases reported each year 05 Mar 2018 - 09:23 am

Doha: With some 250 new patients with kidney diseases start undergoing dialysis each year at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and coinciding with...

VCUarts Qatar marks 20 years 01 Mar 2018 - 09:09 am

Doha: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), the first campus in Education City, is marking 20th anniversary of...

HMC to launch 60 ambulance fleet for rural areas 28 Feb 2018 - 11:45 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)’s Ambulance Service will launch a newly improved fleet of 60 emergency vehicles to further strengthen its services for...

Phone calls to HMC Ambulance Service see a 12% rise 28 Feb 2018 - 10:44 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service, which receives more than 700 calls on average daily, has seen an increase of 12 percent...

New initiative to boost fruit and vegetable production 26 Feb 2018 - 11:24 am

DOHA: In yet another effort to make Qatar self-sufficient in fruit and vegetable production, Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar launched yesterday a new...

Bone & Joint Center offers holistic services for orthopaedic conditions 22 Feb 2018 - 08:48 am

DOHA: The Bone and Joint Center, which is a branch of Hamad General Hospital (HGH), treats a wide array of orthopaedic conditions and...

Cuban Hospital sees sharp rise in patient visits 20 Feb 2018 - 09:26 am

DOHA: The Cuban Hospital has seen a sharp rise in the patient visits over the past five years. The hospital recorded 74,331 outpatient...

Ambulatory Care Center performs 900 surgeries since December 19 Feb 2018 - 08:22 am

Doha: The Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), a first of its kind facility in the country, offers patients a...

Nominations open for QF’s ‘Akhlaquna Award’ 18 Feb 2018 - 09:06 am

DOHA: Qatar Foundation(QF), yesterday launched new initiative ‘Akhlaquna Award,’ aimed at recognising young people with exemplary moral character. H H Sheikha Moza bint...

School vaccination drive begins tomorrow 17 Feb 2018 - 08:48 am

Doha: With the Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) National School Vaccination campaign set to kick off tomorrow, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)...

Vaccine that can prevent cancer causing virus soon 15 Feb 2018 - 09:12 am

Doha: The State of Qatar will introduce an important vaccine this year that can prevent cancer-causing virus. The vaccine, named Human Papillomavirus (HPV)...