Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI — Government-owned Dubai Hospital has increased the bed capacity to accommodate the influx of patients being referred from Al Wasl Hospital after the hospital limited admissions of expectant mothers following the death of two infants last week due to a hospital acquired infection.

DUBAI — Premier government hospital Al Wasl has limited the admission of pregnant women who are likely to deliver premature babies following the death of a newborn in the intensive care unit due to infection from a hospital bug earlier this month.

DUBAI — The first ‘designer’ baby to be born to a UAE couple in the country is due on January 18 in Dubai.

DUBAI — Pakistani expatriates in the UAE are demanding inclusion in the electoral process.

SHARJAH — Several Etisalat customers have said that their applications for new Shamil Internet connections have been cancelled by the service provider without prior notice.

DUBAI — To keep up with the political developments in their country, Pakistani expatriates in the UAE are increasingly turning to the Internet, both to express their views and keeping up with the latest news.

DUBAI — The International Islamic Code of Ethics will be part of the first Liability Law in the UAE, the Minister of Health, Humaid Al Quttami, said yesterday.

DUBAI — Phone lines to Pakistan from the UAE were jammed after the news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination made headlines yesterday.

DUBAI - Phone lines to Pakistan from the UAE were jammed after the news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination made headlines yesterday.

DUBAI — Web sites that offer free short message (SMS) services to mobile phones via the Internet have been blocked in the UAE as they fall under the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a UAE Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) official said yesterday.