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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
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