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The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will open three more hospitals over the next six months, it was announced on Wednesday. They are the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute, Ambulatory Care Centre and Women’s Wellness and Research Centre.
The Communicable Disease Centre (CDC), opened last week, was the ninth hospital under HMC.
When all services are relocated to the new hospitals, between 9,000 and 10,000 patients per week will use the services and the total floor space across HMC will increase by 65%.
“We have begun the largest expansion programme in HMC’s history,” said Ali Abdulla al-Khater, chief communications officer at HMC. “The CDC and the three upcoming hospitals will significantly increase capacity across our system and provide state-of-the-art environment in which our expert teams can provide care for their patients,” he explained.
HMC was established by Emiri decree in 1979. However, its oldest facility, Rumailah Hospital, has been caring for patients since 1957 – more than half a century ago.
“As Qatar has grown and developed over the past 50 plus years, so too has HMC. This long history of caring for the residents of Qatar ensures HMC is uniquely positioned to understand the specific cultural and healthcare needs of the population and provide the best possible care,” stated al-Khater.
Hamad al-Khalifa, HMC’s chief of facilities development, pointed out that patients are already benefitting from the advanced facilities and care they receive at the CDC and the upcoming opening of the three additional hospitals will again strengthen the range of specialist healthcare services and increase capacity.
Capacity increase has already taken place across HMC over the past year. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Women’s Hospital, Paediatric Emergency Center Al Sadd and Bone and Joint Center have all been expanded, while the Enaya Continuing Care Center and a new surgical services facility have been opened.
© Gulf Times 2016
