Health

Muscat: With the heat and humidity on the rise, doctors in the Sultanate have urged people to take use extra care to avoid heat-related illness. “People...

Muscat: Oman’s healthcare expenditure is expected to reach $4.3 billion by 2020, from $2.3 billion in 2015, which translates into a five-year Compound...

Muscat: Oman’s long term healthcare plan “Health Vision 2050,” which is a transit stage for the health system to ensure that it is in line with the...

Muscat: With fewer than 400 people signing up to become organ donors in Oman since March, doctors have warned that the Sultanate’s organ donation scheme...

Muscat: Oman is ranked number one among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with the lowest under-5 overweight prevalence as well as the lowest...

Muscat: A group of Omani medical interns whose salaries were not paid for seven months will be finally employed by the government “after completing their...

Muscat: Often travelers to and from Oman are in doubt about the medicines they can carry. Here Dr. Mohammed bin Hamdan Al Rubai, Director General of...

Muscat: Consanguineous marriages - union between two individuals who are related as second cousins or closer - could be the major reason for hearing loss...

Muscat: As Eid Al Fitr is round the corner, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has urged people to adopt preventive measures and follow hygiene norms to avoid...

Muscat: Adopting the latest diagnostic and therapeutic techniques followed at the international level, the Royal Hospital has accomplished an extraordinary...