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$Hospital launches ‘Refractive Surgery Unit’ with the world's latest vision correction technologies$

Hospital launches ‘Refractive Surgery Unit’ with the world's latest vision correction technologies

29 Feb 2024

Jamil Khan, Senior Reporter An important type of eye vision correction known as SMILE (small incision lenticular extraction) has been successfully being carried out in the Dubai hospital for years...

US surgeons perform world's first whole eye transplant

09 Nov 2023

A team of surgeons in New York said on Thursday that they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure described as a medical breakthrough,...

More than 56,000 Pakistani schools shut over eye virus outbreak

27 Sep 2023

More than 56,000 Pakistan schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of a contagious eye virus, officials said on Wednesday....

Injection responsible for causing eyesight loss recalled, says Pakistan health minister

24 Sep 2023

Caretaker Federal Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan said on Sunday that an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province...

The importance of a workout regime to check diabetes

07 Nov 2022

Physical activity or a regular workout regime is a key element in managing type 2 diabetes. Until recently studies showing the significance of exercise to manage diabetes were very less....

Dubai Hospital launches surgical robot to facilitate minimally invasive surgeries

18 May 2022

A specialised medical team at Dubai Hospital has performed the first successful surgery using the Da Vinci Xi Surgical Robot on a 22-year-old Emirati patient suffering from a blockage in...

Dubai Hospital surgeons restore child’s breathing after complex surgery

22 Mar 2022

Dubai Hospital doctors were able to restore the breathing of a 3-year-old boy from GCC who had been suffering from obstruction of the larynx since birth, which caused him to...

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City completes rare surgery in record time in Abu Dhabi

06 Sep 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), one of the UAE’s largest hospitals for serious and complex care and a joint-venture partnership between Mayo Clinic and Abu...

3-year-old suffering from rare cancer gets a prosthetic eye

14 Jul 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The Al Jalila Foundation has helped a 3-year-old Syrian boy Youssef Mohammed, who was suffering from a rare cancer called retinoblastoma in his right eye,...

Surgery cures eyes injured by fireworks

03 Apr 2021

Adnan Okasha, Staff Reporter A medical team at the ophthalmology department of Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah saved a 10-year-old citizen from losing his eyesight after...

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