Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has announced a new standard for home delivery of patients’ medication as per certain mechanisms and procedures. The service will only be provided by licensed pharmacies which adhere to the requirements of DoH’s new standard. The ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent Abu Dhabi Centre’s humanitarian aid programmes during the last two months have benefitted 1,178 people within the emirate. According to a statement by the ERC centre the total value of assistance reached AED3.8 million, of which over half (AED1,595,000) was dedicated as financial aid to some 207 students. As for medical assistance, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced that it sent two aid planes carrying critical medical supplies to Iran to support the latter’s efforts to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease. The two aid aircraft, which took off from Abu Dhabi contained over 32 metric tonnes of supplies, including boxes filled with thousands of pairs of gloves, ...