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The Royal Hospital, established in December 1987, is a large, tertiary, acute-care hospital, which provides state-of-the-art services in the specialties and sub-specialties of medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetric & gynaecology, oncology and laboratory medicine. Read More...

The CPE department organizes a variety of programs to address the learning needs of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care staff, so as to enhance their performance standards and quality of care. Read More...

The earlier Antenatal Clinic was refurbished, and the OBG tertiary care clinics, which were are Wattaya, were transferred back to the Royal Hospital on 10 Feb 2009. The following specialized clinics are now conducted in this facility: early pregnancy, fertility, referral gynaecology Read More...

The Royal Hospital has been recognized by the WHO and UNICEF as a model "Baby Friendly Hospital". The Hospital celebrates the Breast Feeding Week annually with lectures, poster exhibitions and prizes for BFHI promotional activities done throughout the year. Read More...

The new Breast Imaging Suite at the Royal Hospital was inaugurated on 10^th March 2010 by the Director General Dr. Ghazi bin Omar Al Zubaidi. This suite includes the following state-of-art equipment to cater to the most complex requirements of mammography, ultrasound and biopsy of the breast. Read More...

The 3rd Muscat International Oncology Conference will be held on 16-18 February 2011. The theme of this conference will be Breast and CNS Oncology and will focus on all aspects from screening to diagnosis to treatment. The targeted participants include general surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons, medical physicists, nurses and students. For further details, click here.

27th July 2010: The stem cell support unit is in its final stages of commissioning. The room changes have been completed, equipment installed and we are awaiting delivery of certain reagents and preservative materials to begin stem cell harvesting and storage said Dr. Muhanna Al Muslahi, Senior Consultant Haematologist & Head of the Directorate of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Royal Hospital.

Congratulations to Mr. Abdul Rehaman Al Tauqi, Director General of Information Technology, Ministry of Health on the Al Shifa Healthcare Information Management System being awarded the first place in the ‘Advancing Knowledge Management in Government’ category at the 2010 United Nations Public Service Awards.

Infant Mortality has reduced from 118 per 1,000 live births in the seventies to nine per 1,000 live births at present, informed Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Saidi, Minister of Health yesterday at the opening of the first Omani Immunisation Week.

What is 2009 H1N1 (swine flu)?

2009 H1N1 (sometimes called “swine flu”) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is spreading from person-to-person worldwide, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) signaled that a pandemic of 2009 H1N1 flu was underway.

Why is 2009 H1N1 virus sometimes called “swine flu”?

This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs (swine) in North America.

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