JULY.AUG 2021

JULY . AUGUST 2021

44 How can #hospotel improve patient outcomes? Sponsored by LINET MEA

NEWS

10 New Zealand Government’s response to COVID-19 puts the laboratory in the spotlight at Medlab Middle East 12 Thumbay Group inks partnership with PayBy to power the cashless ecosystem at ambitious Thumbay Medicity 14 Healthcare industry leader Faisal Juma Belhoul to lead Valiant Clinic & Hospital as Executive Chairman 16 Australian Nobel Laureate Professor Marshall and Pankaj Savara partner to set up Tri-Med’s UAE office 18 Malaffi receives its first regional award -The ZIMAMElsevier Digital Health Transformation Project of the Year 2020-2021 24 Qatar International Geriatrics and Gerontology Conference Transforming Older Persons’ Care in Qatar - Virtual conference 26 Unilabs launches innovative health App allowing customers to schedule appointments and receive Covid-19 results 28 Orthopaedic Clinics opened in two Abu Dhabi healthcare centers 30 AstraZeneca praises UAE for vaccination rollout and testing strategy 36 Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi passes 150 organ transplant milestone 42 19Labs & Doctory partner to bring Gale eClinics to the Middle East

ARTICLES

20 Sysmex Middle Eeat: Immunochemistry testing contributes to fighting the COVID-19 34 ExpressMed Laboratories - Bahrain: The Importance of Thyroid Molecular Testing in Management of Thyroid Nodules 54 Vocera: Effective Communication: Foundation for Nurse Safety 70 Al-Ahli Hospital / Qatar: Smoking and Pregnancy 72 Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center: Double lung transplant for 17-year-old patient, one of the Youngest COVID Transplants in The World 82 Acibadem University 88 Al-Ahli Hospital / Qatar: Scoliosis 90 LINET MEA: It shouldn't hurt to be a nurse 92 Acibadem International: Scoliosis Awareness Month... What a parent needs to know? 100 Biophilic Life 102 Becton Dickinson; Streamlining for Safety: Barcode Medication Administration for Intravenous Medications