Getting
serious about health
Health
Warning Issued on Use of Artificial Sweetener
Insurers
set to meet deadline for online policy
RTA
launches e-link to connect with insurers
Online vehicle insurance must for registration from March
How
Essential is Critical Illness Cover for Us?
RTA move
to deny insurance to cars with expired registration
UAE sets
minimum capital norms for insurance companies
Medical
fees must be reasonable
Insurers
reject increase in UAE health care fees
Three
hospitals in UAE rule out fee hike in 2010
Eat well
to boost immunity, don’t pop vitamins
Expats in
Dubai sponsoring domestic helper now need to deposit only Dh2,000
Making
Someone Work After Resignation is ‘Forced Labour’
Know your
medication
Change
lifestyle to keep heart disease at bay
H1N1 or
swine flu vaccine
Head to
the doctor if your heart races longer
Bitten by
the shopping bug? Take care after using trolleys
UAE
residence visa re-entry rule enforced
Exemptions
made to visa validity rule
Heart
disease at 30? Blame lifestyle
H1N1 test
'time consuming and expensive'
Special
ambulance service for women a huge success
Mandatory
Insurance Cover for Filipino Expats
Firms Not
Allowed to Collect Fees from Workers
Flu boosts
heart-attack risk, says study
H1N1
prevention not covered
Diabetes
emerges as the epidemic of new millennium in UAE
Nucleic
Acid Test on Blood Donors Helps Prevent Viral Infection
Insurance
Firms Sulk Over Swine Flu Coverage
E-link for
Traffic Department, Insurance Firms by Year-end
Lack of
insurance no excuse to turn away workers
Does your
insurance cover flu test charges?
Daily dose
of baking soda can save kidney
Expatriates with special needs
Expatriates React Strongly to Culture Test for Residence Visa
Salary
norm for family visas to be revised
Mohammad
launches accident care units
Dubai’s
Major Lab Facility for Testing Products to Open Soon
Rashid
Hospital sets up specialised rehab facility
Twenty New
Health Centres in Abu Dhabi
Go For
Hepatitis Screening Even if You Don’t Have Symptoms
Daman
unearths fraudulent practices - Gulf News
Health
Ministry to launch contact centre soon
New Health
Insurance System to Link all Hospitals
Insurance
cover against medical errors must from June 15
Firms Can
Terminate Workers If Facilities Wrongly Used
Hospital
goes live with electronic medical claims
Workers
with terminal illnesses should not be discriminated against
Pay for
Health Card While Renewing Visa
Doctors
divided over Hepatitis deportation
No
driver's licence for 100 categories of UAE workers
ID Card
Holders Need No Other Documents to Obtain Health Cards
Online
Visa Applicants will Automatically?Get Health Insurance
Labour
ministry relaxes NOC clause
DNRD to
Follow New Insurance Rules for Visit Visa from Saturday
Financial
Crisis may Get Worse: IMF
Insurance
Sector Invested Dh23.08B in 2007
US bails out AIG insurance giant with 85 billion
dollars loan
New centre
to make visa system easier
Health
insurance plans to match visa periods
Largest
insurance firm in Offing
Dubai
Group plans insurance company
Educational insurance for school students launched
Identity
cards are good for all
Employers
will face action if staff don't sign up for ID
Get an ID
or get out
Insurance
for pupils in pipeline
No
'special' treatment for special needs graduates
People
unaware of insurance counters
Confusion
over insurance policy for Lankan maids
Over
counter insurance makes process hassle-free
DOHMS
approval must for municipal health reports
Green
light for municipal health checks
No visas
for those with municipal health checks
Health
authority to roll out new rules by 2012
Three
types of health policies announced by Dubai for visit-visa seekers to the
UAE
Tenancy
contract not must in Dubai for family visa
Online
visas from next year
insurance
card holders don’t need local policies for visa
Visa
regulations leave insurers scrambling
Compulsory
health insurance aims at welfare of visitors
Dubai to
get bus hospitals
Daman
launches health insurance plan for visitors
Insurance
firm to facilitate visit visa procedure
Compensation likely for medical negligence victims
Insurance
premium
Visa-seekers aged under 18 exempted from medical insurance
Grace
period for sponsors
Deposit
and insurance mandatory for all types of visas
24-hour
medical test facility at Maktoum Hospital for visas
International health insurance can cover visitors
Health
centers to perform iris scans
Sponsors
to pay premium
Hepatitis
C medical test put on hold for expats, for now
Prices of
1,129 key medicines to go up
More
hospital beds planned for Ras Al Khaimah hospitals
UAE mulls
health cover for visitors
Stronger
rules sought for insurance market
Dubai
residents will have to register with Dubai clinic for health plan
Dubai
plans new health coverage
Visas: DM
clinics will conduct medical test
Private
sector firms can provide health insurance
Temporary
work permit for 60-plus
Calls to
implement e-insurance claims
Job
contracts signed outside UAE not valid
Medical
examination and health insurance mandatory for Emiratis in Abu Dhabi
More
stringent health checks
Women now
able to undergo sterilisation at private hospitals
Women
given free annual breast cancer screening
Federal
body to regulate health insurance sector
Most
people prefer private health care’
Renew
health insurance policy, warns authority
Health
authority seeks proof of insurance renewal
Health
insurance for expats in Dubai, N-emirates soon
Medical
tests to be facilitated at private labs
'No
coverage' for workplace injuries
New health
insurance law in six months
New
medical norms for expats from next year
Daman
expedites medical test approval procedure
All
workers entitled to terminal benefits
Abu Dhabi
government staff get mandatory health cover
Agreement
signed to help develop health sector and attract experts
Health
insurance awareness drive
Employers
liable to pay workers' medical bill
Health
insurance law violators warned
Apply,
receive medical certificates online now
Employers
to provide health insurance to married women
Health
insurance must be provided to married female employees
New
federal law to integrate three health insurance systems
Medical
liability law next month
Overhaul of
Dubai’s health sector soon
New clinics
for labourers
Domestic
workers to be covered by labour law soon
Top
priority for workers’ welfare: Labour Ministry
Sponsors
should pay fines for expired labour cards
Health
insurance claim procedure is clarified
Charges for
medical fitness certificate and health card separated
Temporary
work permit open to all
Abu Dhabi
Health Authority formed
Health
insurance to improve quality of life
Employers
warned against giving fake salary slips to insurance firms
Law to set
up centralised Cancer Registry by year-end
Hospitals
to report all cancer cases
Unified
price list on cards: MoH official
Major
changes in lifestyle a must after heart attack
Reactions:
Private and public healthcare
Federal
insurance law likely in April
Medical
health care: A healthy debate
Insurance
scheme 'to provide best options'
South Asian
workers can complete visa formalities in their countries
HIV test
kit to be available at government hospitals
Safety
certificates must for Dubai labour camps
Tough
penalties for flouting labour laws
Firms with
illegal staff penalised
GAHS health
insurance offered to visitors also
Second
phase of health insurance comes into effect
Emergency
treatment to be free at MoH hospitals
Work permit
cancellation time extended
Public
hospitals to charge only after patient stabilises
Health
insurance to be key financial issue for residents
Dh20
billion initiative to turn Abu Dhabi into medical hub
Health
insurance 2nd phase from January 1
No
insurance umbrella for fourth expat child
New rules
for renewing labour housing permits
Permanent
panel to be set up to enforce labour camp safety
Emergency
insurance policy for expats on visit visa from Jan. 1
Insurance
must for visitors staying more than 60 days
Labour
units 'failing civic standards will be shut'
Health
insurance scheme to move into second phase
Health
cover for all expat staff in capital
Closure of
camps reflects govt concern for workers
Revised
labour law ready in August
Your
medical bill: Does it give you the shivers?
Mobile
phones should be tagged ‘harmful to health
Maktoum
Hospital facilities will be relocated gradually
Low-income
group can sponsor families under new NRD rule
Ministry of
Health fixes per unit price of blood
Risk
highlighted in taking medicines sans prescription
New MoL
system to evaluate firms
Dohms
issues Bill of Rights for patients and their families
Non-surgical cardiac procedures performed
Civil
servants get leave to be with sick children
GCC
ministers praise UAE for rights, labour initiatives
Offending
construction firms to be penalised: Al Kaabi
Unskilled
workers to be limited to six-year stay
Compensation scheme soon
Work
permits being issued online
Workers
happy over welfare move of Shaikh Mohammed
Motorists will soon have to pay for using Dubai roads
The
full list of leave under Labour Law
Jump
traffic light and lose licence
Firms
get warning over safety steps
Ministry
launches visa inspection campaign
Health policy must for new work permits
Workers
entitled to healthcare facilities
Health
insurance for expats in full swing
National
lawyer to solve labour disputes in Dubai
New
medical test policy for expatriate workers
Shady
labour contracts not approved
New
link reduces time to process labour and health cards
Workers
must not pay for interim permit
Insurance
is only solution to rising healthcare costs
All
firms
should follow labour law
Move to
permit alternative medical therapies in Dubai
Minor
traffic mishaps will be handled by insurance firms
Bank
guarantees on absconding workers to be liquidated
Employees
should keep copy of approved leave application
Time
for restraint and tolerance
New
thalassaemia medicine now available nationwide
Treatment
to help quit smoking
Health
care sector's IT network to get boost
UAE
joins global campaign to raise hospital hygiene
MoH
set to improve hygiene standards
No
room for handicapped in the local labour market
Al
Kaabi briefs ministers on foreign labour rules 17 September 2006
Insurance
company inks pact for providing health care worldwide 15 September
2006
Employers
who charge staff for health insurance to be penalised
National
Health Insurance cover for only one wife.
Expats
to pay for insurance of more than one spouse
Worker
has right to cancel contract if he meets with accident while on duty
Move
to amend law on medical liability
Unskilled
workers must learn English to work in the UAE
One
year ban on workers who fail to notify Ministry on Labour disputes
Ministry
cracks down on false reports of absconders
Employees
absent over 7 days to be listed as absconders
Companies
must clear work permit violation fines
Conditions
for cancelling visa without consent of sponsor, labourer listed
Needy
expats to get free treatment in Dubai govt hospitals
MoL
offices not accepting complaints of workers who are on other emirates’
visa
