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Buying Health

Read the latest from The National's latest series Buying Health

An optometrist examines a patient at the Moorfields eye hospital in Abu Dhabi. Cash-rich investment funds in the GCC are looking to life sciences, pharmaceutical and healthcare assets in the UK, the US and Europe. Pawan Singh / The National

Arab Health 2024 to showcase UK investment potential for Gulf boom

UKJanuary 28, 2024
Inquiries for private medical insurance in the UK have increased by 65 per cent this year. Photo: Bupa

Private medical insurance inquiries soar as NHS waits grow

HealthNovember 09, 2023

Patients face 'dire situation' as many opt for private health care

HealthNovember 06, 2023
Female health workers were at a higher risk of infection during the Covid-19 pandemic. Getty Images

'Great resignation' of women raises pressure on global health sector

UKOctober 20, 2023
Examples of medical appeals on GoFundMe in the US. Photo: Screengrab

GoFundMe health care: Americans look to strangers to help pay bills

USAugust 03, 2023

Early-stage lung cancer screenings can lift stigma

HealthAugust 02, 2023
Last year, about two million people were diagnosed with some form of cancer. More than 600,000 deaths from the disease occurred that same year. AFP

A last hope? More Americans travelling to Mexico for cancer treatment

USAugust 02, 2023
The top three countries where patients were sent were Poland (30), Italy (26) and Germany (15). Getty

Overseas care out of reach for NHS patients seeking escape from waiting lists

HealthJuly 20, 2023
Patients queue outside a pharmacy in Tunis. Ghaya Ben Mbarek / The National

Critical medicine shortages threaten thousands of patients in Tunisia

TunisiaJuly 10, 2023
Asha Umrawsingh. Photo: Gofundme

Untreatables: The cancer patients shunned by health care

HealthJuly 04, 2023
Left: Cleveland Clinic’s London hospital. Right: NHS patient Alexander Seale was back at work covering the Coronation just weeks after 12 hour pioneering brain surgery to cure his lifelong battle with epilepsy. Photo: Cleveland Clinic / Alexander Seale

NHS paid for private hospital brain surgery to end my epilepsy

HealthMay 30, 2023
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