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		<title>Health Policy Update: Expats have to get medical test from home countries before coming to UAE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 20:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been announced that expatriate workers coming to work in the Emirates will have to first get their medical tests done in their home countries. But to make sure that job-seekers do not try to beat the system and show fake medical test results, the new expatriates will also be re-tested here to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIDS Alert: HIV cases on the rise in Dubai</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 518 people have been detected with contagious diseases during mandatory medical fitness tests conducted during the last two months, according to the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The director of DHA’s medical fitness services Maisa’a Al Bustani confirmed that 60 people were infected with HIV . The total number of HIV cases detected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child birth costs to double up in UAE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are expecting a child and child birth costs are not insured or covered by the employer, you better start thinking about the alternatives. Why? Because, child birth charges will soon go up 100 per cent at all Ministry of Health affiliated hospitals if you do not have a health card. The cost of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai to dispose of 5,000 embryos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fertility clinic in Dubai is to begin next week disposing of about 5,000 human embryos on religious grounds, AFP reports via Khaleej Times. A 2008 federal law banned the storage of fertilized human eggs due to religion-based concerns over &#8220;mixing in the lineage&#8221; between families. Eggs can be fertilized outside the womb during In-Vitro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expats Perplexed on Expensive Childbearing in Dubai</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As covered earlier, low earning expats struggle to find quality healthcare in Dubai. This extends to women expecting kids or going into labor. There are reports of expat women who have suffered from low quality treatment pre and post-natal, while saving few bucks. One such lady, an Egyptian expatriate, opted for a normal delivery at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low paid Dubai expats struggling to access healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dubai is failing to keep pace with neighbouring Abu Dhabi on healthcare reform, leaving its low-wage expatriates struggling to access basic medical treatment, a new report has found. The gap in the emirates’ healthcare systems is also impacting the businesses of key stakeholders such as insurance and pharmaceutical firms, said analysts at Datamonitor International. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai Hospital refusing Expat Kidney Dialysis Patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expatriate patients in need of kidney dialysis may suffer a stroke if they visit Dubai Hospital as the public hospital that handles most kidney cases has closed its doors to them citing lack of space. Ghosia Razzaq, a 44-year old, whose kidneys have failed due to high blood pressure and uncontrolled diabetes, was refused treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expats have to pay for Health Card while renewing Visa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dubai Dude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expatriates renewing their residence visas in Dubai will have to shell out an extra Dh300 for the health card that is now compulsory. Asma Ali Zain of Khaleej Times reports that according to this new rule, implemented from December 1, 2008, residents now have to pay a total of Dh550 instead of the Dh250 charged [...]]]></description>
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