sidra Archives

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Health & Technology

Qatar genome research seeks to advance precision medicine across region

The programme aims to advance treatment of common, serious illnesses and conditions. With the prevalence of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes threatening Qatari and Arab…

6 min

Sidra Medicine saves life of a baby with ‘rare’ Omphalocele condition

The little boy has successfully recovered thanks to the medical team at Sidra Medicine and still visits regularly for check-ups. A multi-disciplinary team of physicians at Sidra Medicine has performed…

3 min

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…

5 min

News

Qatar doctors offer a helping hand at struggling Palestinian hospital

Five staff from Qatar's Sidra Medical and Research Center went to volunteer at the Rafidia Surgical Hospital in Nablus in the West Bank last year, and recently sat down with Doha News to share details of the trip.

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News

Qatar’s Sidra launches day surgeries

The medical and research center is now expected to perform some 50 surgeries a week on children.

News

Three new pediatric out-patient clinics launch at Sidra

This brings to more than 25 the number of out-patient clinics and services now in operation at the center, which is expected to be fully operational with around 40 clinics by January 2017, Sidra said in a statement this week.

3 min

News

Qatar’s Sidra hospital to hire more than 4,000 new staff

The drive comes less than a year after Sidra cut more than 200 jobs in what it described at the time as a "rightsizing plan."

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News

Qatar’s Sidra eyes launch of day surgeries as more clinics open

The hospital, which currently only offers outpatient services, said plans are also underway to begin day surgery procedures.

News

Qatar’s Sidra board adds two new members

Al-Kaabi is Sidra's executive vice-chief medical officer while Cannon is is president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary in Canada and is an expert in geomatics engineering.

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