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2021-11-07 18:17
Intl. Health Congress of Islamic Countries opens in Tehran
TEHRAN – The 5th International Health Congress of Islamic Countries has brought together tens of representatives, experts, travel insiders, and private investors from its member states to discuss ways to develop medical tourism during the three-day event, which opened in Tehran on Sunday.
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2021-09-29 20:00
11 Sacred Defense elements, properties approved as national heritage
TEHRAN – A selection of eleven elements and properties involving Iran-Iraq 1980-1988 war, which is called Sacred Defense in the Islamic Republic, have recently been added to the national heritage list.
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2021/09/15
By Martin Love
As the U.S. “empire” frays, there is Zubeidi and his colleagues…
It has been reported that Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the four of six escapees from maximum security Gilboa Prison in the West Bank who was recaptured by Zionist thugs, has been admitted to an ICU at an Israeli hospital after repeated rounds of torture that included breaking one of his legs and then hanging him upside down by his broken leg, among other atrocities.
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2021-02-06 18:30
Top Iranian archaeologist, Firouz Bagherzadeh, dies at 90
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologist Firouz Bagherzadeh, who was former director of the Archaeological Center of Iran and a specialist in Islamic art, has died aged 90.
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2020-09-30 18:52
Iran’s first museum of psychiatry to open in Tehran
TEHRAN – The first museum of psychiatry in the country will be officially inaugurated in Tehran’s Roozbeh Hospital next week.
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2020-08-09 14:33
Iran sets up field hospital in Beirut
Iran has dispatched two shipments of humanitarian aid to Beirut following devastating explosions in the Lebanese capital, the Mehr news agency correspondent from Beirut reported. The consignments include food and medical supplies, and field hospitals for treatment of the injured.
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2020-07-26 22:30
7 health projects to be inaugurated in northwestern Iran
TEHRAN – Seven health projects in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan will be inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani through a webinar on Thursday, ISNA news agency reported.
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2020-05-25 18:21
Actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz hospitalized over kidney disease
TEHRAN – The legendary actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, famous for his roles in Ali Hatami’s hits such as “Mother” and “Hezardastan”, has been admitted to a hospital in Tehran.
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2020-05-05 18:59
By Afshin Majlesi
Normal life not a distant dream as Tehran sees drop in new corona cases
The average death toll from COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has been on the decline, and also in the capital Tehran, over the past couple of weeks, thanks to a temporary lockdown introduced earlier in March.
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2020-04-04 09:55
Fairgrounds converted into 2,000-bed hospital within 48 hours
The Iranian Army has converted the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds into a field hospital with 2,000 beds to prepare for a probable surge of COVID-19 patients.
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2020-03-29 20:05
Century-old Iranian man recovers from coronavirus
TEHRAN - A 101-year-old man in Iran's northern Golestan province was released from the hospital Saturday after recovering from the coronavirus.
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2020-02-03 18:28
Iran reports first suspected coronavirus case
TEHRAN – The first person suspected of having the coronavirus in Iran was identified and hospitalized in the city of Isfahan, IRIB reported.
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2020-01-19 19:16
Fourfold rise possible in inbound medical tourists to Iran: expert
TEHRAN – An Iranian university professor and researcher believes that the country has the capacity and infrastructure to increase inbound medical travelers by as much as four fold.
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2019-12-31 10:21
Find out why medical tourism is to be big business in Iran
Nowadays, medical tourism is considered as a booming industry on the global scene as some 20 to 24 million patients are traveling for medical treatments annually. Estimates on market size vary but the Patients Without Borders publishing group puts its value at around €60 to €80 billion worldwide.
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2019-12-29 18:45
Tehran, Kabul discuss ways to broaden medical tourism co-op
TEHRAN – Iranian and Afghan officials on Saturday exchanged views on ways to deepen health cooperation in a wide-ranging arenas, including medical tourism, education and student scholarships.
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2019-12-07 19:16
22 medical tourism firms authorized in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Health has so far granted licenses to 22 medical tourism companies with the aim of organizing authorized facilitators for the booming business.
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2019-10-12 18:32
‘Tehran holds potential to become a hub for health tourism’
TEHRAN – Tehran has the potential to become a hub for health (and medical) tourism, Tehran province governor-general has said.
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2019-10-09 18:56
Tehran hosting congress on medical tourism in Islamic world
TEHRAN - The 4th International Health Congress of Islamic Countries started at Tehran’s Homa Hotel on Wednesday with the aim of promoting health and medical tourism among the Islamic countries.
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2019-08-20 21:42
Medical travelers hold significant share of arrivals in Iran: tourism chief
TEHRAN – Iran tourism chief has said that medical [and health] travelers constitute a significant share of arrivals in the country.
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2019-07-30 19:10
Iran draws a record 600,000 medical travelers in four months
TEHRAN – Iran hosted a record high of nearly 600,000 medical travelers during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 21), nearly equal to the figure for the whole past year (March 2018-19), according to an Iranian association for the health tourism promotion.
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2019-07-26 22:55
Mashhad hospitals admit 6,000 foreign patients a year
TEHRAN – Mashhad hospitals admit an average of 6,000 foreign patients per annum, a deputy for the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences has said.
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2019-07-23 17:28
Health tourism: Iran is the world capital of rhinoplasty
TEHRAN – If you have chosen Iran as your destination for rhinoplasty, you need to know that you’re traveling to the world’s capital of rhinoplasty, ISNA cited in a recent article.
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2019-05-10 23:05
Fertility rate likely to grow with new technique
TEHRAN- New technique for in vitro fertilization used in Ebnesina hospital is likely to increase fertility chances, said Maryam Rafati, the assistant professor at Avicenna Research Institute.
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2019-05-03 19:37
Director Jamal Shurjeh hospitalized with brain disease
TEHRAN – Jamal Shurjeh, director of the co-production between Iran and Algeria “Ahmed Bey”, has been admitted to a hospital in Tehran following a report he suffered a brain disease.
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2019-04-29 09:01
First public laser therapy clinic for skin conditions opens in Tehran
TEHRAN- The first public laser therapy clinic for treating burns and skin diseases opened on Wednesday at Hazrat-e Fatemeh Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery hospital in Tehran.
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2019-04-18 00:15
Free health care for flood-hit families
TEHRAN- The families struck by the flood will receive free medical care by the end of the crisis, announced Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, the director general for risk management at the Ministry of Health.
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2019-04-12 11:32
First teddy bear hospital opens in Yazd
TEHRAN- Iran’s first teddy bear hospital, aimed at reducing childhood anxiety about medical environments, procedures and professionals opened in the city of Yazd, said a faculty member of Yazd University of Medical Sciences.
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2019-02-28 01:33
Iran’s first hemodiafiltration center for kidney diseases inaugurated
TEHRAN- The first specialized center using hemodiafiltration as a dialysis method for kidney diseases was inaugurated in Dr Lavasani Hospital in Tehran.
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2019-02-20 21:08
Medical tourism fetches Iran $1.2b in last fiscal year
TEHRAN- Medical tourism made an economic contribution of around $1.2 billion to the country in the last Iranian calendar year (March 2017-March 2018), said the head of Medical Tourism Department at the Ministry of Health.
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2018-12-30 10:59
8 hospitals built in 9 months costing $120m
TEHRAN- Eight hospitals have been built in the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), announced the deputy minister of transport and urban development.
