Alshifa Medical Centre General Medicine Department offers specialized care for patients with a wide spectrum of medical conditions. Its doctors are trained in endocrinology (diabetes), gastroenterology (gastrointestinal and liver disorders), infectious diseases, nephrology (diseases of the kidney), neurology (disorders of the nervous system), respiratory medicine (e.g. asthma, COPD, tuberculosis, lung cancer) and rheumatology (arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones).

Infectious Diseases

  • Antibiotic utilisation
  • Clinical trials
  • HIV clinic
  • Infection control
  • Infectious exposure management
  • Medical Centre for International Travellers
  • Nosocomial infections (or hospital-acquired infections)
  • Research laboratory

Neurology

  • Epilepsy (recurring seizures)
  • Neuromuscular disorders (diseases that impair the functioning of the muscles, i.e. Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis)
  • Cerebrovascular disorders (conditions/disorders that affect the blood vessels in the brain and blood flow in the arteries and veins which supply the brain)
  • Meningitis and encephalitis
  • Headaches
  • Acute Stroke Unit

Rheumatology

Rheumatology is the speciality of internal medicine that manages people with rheumatic and inflammatory diseases that affect the joints and connective tissues. Also commonly known as systemic autoimmune disorders, these conditions may also affect major organs such as the brain, heart and kidney. CGH Rheumatology manages the following:

  • Arthritis
    • Inflammatory arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies (including psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis)
    • Crystal-induced arthritis including gout and pseudogout
    • Early osteoarthritis (not requiring surgical intervention)
  • Autoimmune/ connective tissue diseases including
    • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
    • Sjogren’s syndrome
    • Antiphospholipid syndrome
    • Inflammatory myositis: dermatomyositis / polymyositis
    • Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
    • Systemic vasculitides
  • Autoinflammatory conditions such as Adult Onset Still’s Disease
  • Steroid-induced Osteoporosis