Health

Muscat: Dedicated child abuse units will be set up across Oman in the coming months in a bid to eradicate child abuse in the Sultanate. According to Dr....

Muscat: Five surgery cases on average were cancelled every day at Ibri Regional Hospital, according to a new report. Out of the 4,814 surgery cases that...

Muscat: Child abuse cases are not related to any geographical location in Oman, a top official from the Child Health Department at the Ministry of Health...

MUSCAT: Medical staff at government health institutions could soon face an extra hour of work according to the ministerial decision issued by the Ministry...

Muscat: Children as young as two are now being asked to wear spectacles, owing to the considerable time they are spending looking at smartphones and...

Muscat: Rise in health insurance penetration, tougher ministry regulations and expensive equipment are the major reasons for rise in healthcare bills...

Muscat: A convicted drug dealer who once smuggled hard drugs into Oman is now helping young Omanis beat their addictions. Mohammed, (name changed) ran...

Muscat: Improved palliative care could help reduce medical costs by as much as 20 per cent, according to a senior consultant. Palliative care is specialised...

Muscat: As Maggie Jeans watched her husband slowly pass away, she thought long and hard about the battle she had fought to have him die at home, surrounded...

Muscat: A female was airlifted from her remote village home to the Royal Hospital in Muscat to receive medical treatment, the Royal Oman Police (ROP)...