DOHA: Providing high level healing in a comforting environment, the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Qtel yesterday launched the Fahad bin Jassim Kidney Center. The opening of the center comes as a fitting tribute to kick off a week-long World Kidney Day activities.
“The Kidney centre aims to secure world class healthcare services as in all [...]

DOHA: All clinics in Qatar run by general practitioners will be phased out in three years, a senior official of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said yesterday.
A specialist degree has been made mandatory for physicians operating such facilities. General practitioners running clinics will be given three years’ time to upgrade their status to that [...]

DOHA: Mortality rates have declined and people are living longer, many with chronic diseases. These changing demographics, which have profound consequences for healthcare and its delivery, according to experts at a continuing medical education symposium co-sponsored by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and Hamad Medical Corporation.
“Health care is evolving and the priorities of [...]

DOHA: An online survey conducted by a regional research and consulting group among 165 Qatar residents suggested that a good number of them were diabetic.
The survey was conducted by the UAE-based YouGovSiraj during the current month.
Majority of the respondents (52 percent) said they were personally diabetic or know someone in their immediate family or friends [...]

MANAMA: Pregnant women are putting their lives at risk by taking black market drugs to induce illegal abortions, says a leading doctor.
They are so desperate to abort their baby because of the szzzocial stigma attached to sex outside marriage that they are willing to pay as much as BD200 for the pills.
Women also risk being [...]

DOHA: Cancer treatment is set to become less invasive and more effective with the use of nano-technology, promising a new way of dealing with the scourge, based on innovative research by a Qatar-based American laser optics expert.
“The use of nano-biomaterials and nano-medical devices will open new pathways to the discovery of the means of cancer [...]

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) jointly with the Ministry of Labour has intensified efforts to improve the quality of healthcare for the large expatriate workforce in the country.
A joint panel has been set up with representatives from both the sides to monitor implementation of the relevant provisions in the labour law and [...]

DOHA: An exclusive camp for diabetic children that will take place here next week will help the participants cope with the illness.
Al Bawasil International Spring Camp, hosted by Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA) a member of the Qatar Foundation, is the only camp in the region that brings together children with diabetes from all across [...]

DOHA, Qatar & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, February 8, 2010: The Supreme Council of Health, Qatar (SCH) today announced that it has signed an exclusive long term agreement with Prometric, the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, for global exam delivery.
Collaborating with Prometric as its test services partner, SCH will completely eliminate [...]

DOHA: With the scheduled opening date approaching fast, Hamad Medical Corporation
(HMC) has signed a historic five-year partnership deal with Canada-based Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to advise on setting up state-of-the-art services at the Children’s Hospital.
The hospital, to open in 2012, will arguably, be the first tailor-made paediatric healthcare facility in the region.
The new partnership [...]

DOHA: A recent study conducted by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has revealed increase of Gestational Diabetes (GDM) in Qatar.
The study shows that more than 20 percent of the pregnant women in Qatar are diabetic.
Though GDM is not a threat, women should be careful as she is vulnerable to develop the disease after delivery.
The study also [...]

DOHA: The long queues at many primary health centres here could become a thing of the past as the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has started introducing an electronic token system at these facilities.
The much-needed queue management system is currently being implemented in four health centres in Doha — Old Airport, Medinat Khalifa, Al Muntazah [...]

DOHA: Focusing on parents of children with special needs, the Occupational Therapy Department (OTD) of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) conducted a Down’s Syndrome Awareness Workshop, recently.
The one-day event, which attracted approximately 30 participants, was one in a series of workshops designed to reach out to parents, particularly the mothers of children with Down’s Syndrome. Its [...]

DOHA: The Medical Licensing Department at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) is planning to link itself electronically to its counterparts in other countries to speed up licensing procedures in Qatar. The department recently made it mandatory for all healthcare professionals seeking a licence to practise in Qatar to produce a Certificate of Good Standing [...]

DOHA: The third batch of the H1N1 vaccine with 116,000 doses has arrived here. This adds to the total 320,000 doses that Qatar received in November.
A senior health official told The Peninsula yesterday that more quantities of the vaccine were expected in the weeks to come. Despite the availability of more stocks of the vaccine, [...]