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Hamad Medical Corporation Qatar denies allegations. Statement:
Doha: In response to a questionnaire sent by The Peninsula Qatar to Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) on complaints from patients, HMC denies the allegations. The statement is as follows: The road traffic accident involving Um Abdul Rahman’s family was a … Continue reading
Over US $ 1.7 Million in research grants awarded to HMC’s Trauma Center
Doha, 23 August, 2014: The Trauma Surgery Section at Hamad General Hospital’s Department of Surgery was recently awarded two National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) grants worth over US$1.7 million. The NPRP is the competitive flagship program of the Qatar National … Continue reading
Qatari woman recovered from H1N1 thanks to ECMO (arrived in Doha from the UK)
Doha, 14 July 2014: A 49-year-old female Qatari patient being treated for H1N1 influenza at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) has recovered from a life-treating lung infection after she was connected to a special life support device – Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation … Continue reading
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Hamad General Trauma Center is urging residents to observe more caution while driving throughout Ramadan
Doha, 8 July, 2014: Hamad General Hospital (HGH) is urging residents to observe more caution and stay safe while driving throughout this Ramadan. The hospital’s senior management team is aiming to increase public awareness of the importance of safe road … Continue reading
HMC Trauma Center Qatar holds multidisciplinary critical care educational day
Doha, 25 June 2014: Latest evidence-based methods in the care of severely injured patients, particularly those with spine injury, were highlights of the second Trauma Multidisciplinary Critical Care Educational Day held recently by Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Trauma Center. More … Continue reading
HMC Sealine Emergency Center celebrates camping season success
Doha: 10 June 2014: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has held a special event to mark the seventh successful year of its Sealine Emergency Center, which operated throughout the 2013-2014 camping season. The celebration was held at Sharq Village and Spa, … Continue reading
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Prof. Dr. Peter Cameron: “Qatar has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the world. A challenging environment for young physicians”
Emergency medicine is the ultimate team sport where specialists, physicians and paramedics work together under extreme pressures in any number of life threatening events, students at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) were told. The analogy was made by … Continue reading
Hamad Medical Corporation denies wrongdoing in response to Doha blast victims complaint
With unbearable pain and high temperature, Mohammed Iqbal Ismail and his friend Sharafudheen, another blast victim who was also discharged on the same day, went to Madinat Khalifa Health Centre next morning. Read this article in its entirety → HERE On … Continue reading
Hamad Medical Corporation criticized over emergency response and patient care following gas explosion in Doha
DOHA: The Minister of Public Health H E Abdulla bin Khalid Al Qahtani has ordered an investigation into the alleged haste by the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in discharging some restaurant blast victims from hospital. Yesterday, The Peninsula had published … Continue reading
Statement from Hamad Medical Corporation: Gas Explosion at Mall Restaurant in Doha, Qatar
Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service responded to emergency calls after an explosion at a restaurant in a shopping complex in Al Duhail this morning. Working together with agencies including the Ministry of the Interior and Civil Defence, HMC’s highly … Continue reading
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