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Canada is to help build a AED 1 billion (US$ 274m) hospital in Sharjah, specialising in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology as part of a far-reaching Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) and the Government of Sharjah this week. A key part of the MoU, is an agreement to set out a range of action plans ...

Aster DM Healthcare has opened its largest hospital in the United Arab Emirates: a new 120-bed general hospital in Sharjah, located on King Faisal Street in the centre of Sharjah city. The healthcare group started operations at the new ‘Medcare Hospital Sharjah‘ with a soft launch last month. The new property, brings the group’s number of hospital beds in the ...

UAE-based Ahalia Medical Group has signed an agreement with Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC) to open a 100-bed general hospital. The new development is expected to be the first hospital to be established in the free zone. According to the SHCC administration, a number of enquiries have also been registered from overseas hospitals and medical groups interested in establishing operations in Healthcare ...

H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah has approved the master plan for Sharjah Healthcare City, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM). First announced in 2010, the development is planned to be one of the largest healthcare centres in the Middle East covering an area of 2.43 million square metres (26 ...

NMC Health (LON:NMC), a leading UAE-based healthcare provider, is to acquire Al Zahra Hospital Sharjah from Gulf Medical Projects (ADX:GMPC) for US$560 million (AED 2.1b). Opened in 1981, the hospital is located in the Al Ghuwair district of Sharjah and is one of the largest medical facilities in the United Arab Emirates. NMC will fund the acquisition of Al Zahra ...

Sharjah’s plans to establish two medical research centres were unveiled this week by the Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah (UoS) H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi. A centre of excellence for diabetes and endocrinology research and a centre for nanomedicine, both of which will be located at the University of Sharjah. The new ...