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Sidra Medicine starts training first batch of locally educated nurses

As Qatar ranks first in the region for healthcare, one of the country’s leading hospitals begins a training program for undergraduate nurses. 15 nursing students from the University of Calgary…

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Qatar to open Lebanon field hospital to ease COVID-19 overflow

As Lebanon’s hospitals face an overwhelming amount of patients due to a surge in coronavirus numbers, Qatar has stepped in to help with a field hospital in the north of…

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News

Qatar based doctors on surgical mission saving lives in Somalia

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a surgical mission in Somalia to help up to 200 patients. A local team of surgeons from Doha has travelled to the Somali…

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Sidra Medicine saves young boy’s life with complex epilepsy surgery

The young boy, Salem, from Kuwait used to suffer 15-30 seizures a day. A team of medical professions at Sidra Medicine has successfully performed a hemispherotomy for the first time…

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More beds at Cancer Care Centre as Health Ministry expands services

Doha continues to overcome challenges to healthcare posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) opened the expanded Day Care Unit at the National Centre for Cancer…

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Hamad Medical launches online physiotherapy portal

Patients can now access videos that can support their recovery process A new website with a dedicated online exercise portal has been launched by Hamad Medical Corporation on October 24,…

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News

More details released as three new Qatar hospitals prepare for opening

The new facilities - an Ambulatory Care Center, the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute and the Women's Wellness and Research Center - will create more than 500 extra beds for patients when they eventually open to the public, Ashghal said ahead of the hand-over of the facilities to the Minsitry of Public Health.

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Business

Qatar Cabinet annuls Seha as tenders for private insurers readied

Yesterday, the SCH said in an update that it would begin the tender process for private insurance companies to bid to join the new system in February.

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Qatar to get new trauma hospital, medical city

The 1,100 bed hospital is expected to be completed by 2022. It will be built on a site in Duhail, next to Qatar University, and staffed 24/7 by general and specialist surgeons.

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