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Health & Technology

With the majority of emergency calls deemed ‘unnecessary’, when is the right time to call 999?

An official at the National Command center(NCC) in Qatar stresses the importance of calling the emergency number only in serious situations, describing most calls as ‘unnecessary’. The majority of emergency…

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News

QRCS rallies to help thousands of displaced Syrian flooding victims

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) launches an emergency relief campaign to rescue thousands of flooding victims in north-western Syria. QRCS undertook an urgent initiative on Wednesday aiming at relieving vulnerable…

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News

Stadiums to house Qatar residents in the event of a national emergency

The venues will serve as temporary accommodation and be stocked with survival kits, said Brig. Hamad Othman Al Duhaimi, director of operations at the General Directorate of Civil Defense.

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News

Card-only payment starts today at Doha’s pediatric emergency center

Payment to the center, which is located on C-Ring Road, can be made by debit or credit card, or a QNB e-cash card, which can be bought for QR20 and topped up to pay for government services.

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News

More than 5,000 calls to 999 made each day in Qatar in 2015

While 999 is supposed to be used only in the case of real emergencies, the MOI's chief of emergencies Khalid Saleh Al-Ansari has previously complained that 90 percent of the calls made to the service are not for crises.

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Life

Official: Qatar to more than double number of emergency call operators

The emergency department currently receives some 4,000 to 6,000 calls a day on the 999 emergency number, but 90 percent of those calls are not emergencies, a senior MOI official has said.

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Life

HMC report: Demand for emergency medical care in Qatar surges

The volume of calls requesting an ambulance increased 28 percent in just 12 months, from 131, 482 in 2013 to 168,332 last year, HMC said in its 2014/15 Annual Report.

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Life

Expansion planned for Qatar hospital’s emergency department

The development comes at a time when universities here are working to increase the number of locally trained medical professions, to meet the growing needs of the population.

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Life

Official: Only 10 percent of 999 calls in Qatar for ‘real’ emergencies

One long-time emergency room doctor in Qatar said that 999 is overused in Qatar because many expats cannot afford to seek treatment at the country's private clinics and hospitals.

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