President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan recently approved the adoption of a unified national healthcare and health insurance system for all Emirati

Think about the last time a patient complained about waiting. Not for a bed or for a scan result, but for something administrative

Living in Dubai has been one of the great chapters of my family's life. The UAE gave us something genuinely rare: a safe,

Fifteen years ago, a GCC resident needing a complex cardiac procedure, spinal surgery, or a difficult cancer operation would, almost as a matter

In Dubai's competitive private healthcare market, where local and international patients choose between, what are essentially, clinically equivalent facilities, the differentiator is no

We wouldn’t dream of skipping an annual car service, knowing that catching a small mechanical rattle now could save us from a breakdown

Healthcare in the UAE and wider GCC is growing up. And rather than just a growth spurt, this is an inevitable maturing.

Over the last decade or two, it’s been fascinating to witness the evolution of high-quality, specialised healthcare in the GCC, a market in

In many developed Western economies, age-old commitments to state health and welfare, free at the point of use for all, are becoming increasingly

What’s the life expectancy for a child born in 2025? Could today’s newborns be climbing mountains or skiing at 80 and perhaps working