Asma Ali Zain

SHARJAH — The grieving father of the three-year-old Pakistani boy, who died after his panicked mother dropped him from the 8th floor of her burning apartment on Monday afternoon, has said a failed fire alarm system was one of the causes of his son’s death.

DUBAI — More and more young people are having heart attacks in the UAE mainly due to their lifestyle, health experts warned yesterday.

DUBAI — A team of doctors at Rashid Hospital has successfully conducted several complicated surgeries to remove a huge malignant tumour from the face of a young Somali woman.

DUBAI — Portable police radars will find out slow drivers, who will have to pay a fine of up to Dh100 for blocking traffic on busy lanes, said a senior Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official yesterday.

DUBAI — The first Medical Liability Law in the UAE, which is expected to be in place next month, will help resolve medical malpractice cases, a senior Ministry of Health (MoH) official informed yesterday.

DUBAI — A high level team of experts from the Aga Khan University (AKU) Karachi recently visited the UAE to shed light on the expansion projects at the AKU and seek talent from the country.

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DUBAI — Expatriate driving licence holders of 36 countries, including the GCC states, will now have to pass a test to acquire a UAE driving licence, a senior official of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has said.

DUBAI — Bus passengers will no longer have to fiddle for coins to buy a bus ticket as the Roads and Transport Authority’s Public Transport Agency plans to introduce the e-ticketing system by next month.

DUBAI — The Roads and Transport Authority yesterday started installing 150 new traffic signboards on the roads leading to the newly-opened Business Bay Crossing after poor night visibility and construction work led to two casualties in less than 12 hours and several minor accidents over the weekend.

SHARJAH — Unclaimed bodies take up most of the space in Sharjah’s Al Qasimi Hospital’s morgue, said a senior hospital official yesterday.