07 Jan 2021 - 8:22
Dr. Khalid Al Ansari
The Peninsula
Sidra Medicine and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will jointly host the 5th Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Q-PEM) Conference 2021 from January 15 to 17. The annual conference is being held virtually this year.
Q-PEM’s goal is to provide a high-quality, evidence-based update for healthcare practitioners involved in the urgent and emergent care of children.
Q-PEM 2021 Conference Chairman, Dr. Khalid Al Ansari, who is also the Chair of Emergency Medicine at Sidra Medicine said, “Q-PEM this year promises to be a memorable one, both in the quality of scientific discourse and its impact equipping frontline
Health authorities in Qatar have said that the list of chronic diseases eligible for the issuance of medical certificates for patients (at high risk of developing complications if they contract COVID-19) has been updated.
This follows from the recent medical developments pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical Director of HMC’s Hamad General Hospital, Dr. Yousuf Al Maslamani said specialized committees from the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) have reviewed the lists of patients with chronic diseases.
Health Authorities Update List of Chronic Disease Patients Eligible for Obtaining Chronic Condition Certificates.https://t.co/WDZV7p9qtbpic.twitter.com/3EiK60nzEn وزارة الصحة العامة (@MOPHQatar) January 7, 2021
02 Jan 2021 - 8:56
H E Dr. Youssef Hussein Kamal receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.
By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has said that measures have been taken to receive the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in the country soon.
The Ministry has said that people eligible to receive the vaccination will be contacted directly and has also requested other members of the community to wait until their turn.
“MoPH is working with the pharmaceutical companies to ensure the next shipment of vaccines arrives in Qatar as early as possible in 2021 and everyone who needs to be vaccinated will be able to do so throughout the year,” the Ministry has said in its social media accounts. In mid-October, MoPH announced that it had signed an agreement with pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to procure COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is approved.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), together with relevant authorities, has been working above and beyond to protect the health and safety of its population.
In addition to ensuring the availability of COVID-19 testing centers, treatment facilities, one of the Ministry s first responses to the crisis was setting up a dedicated hotline for the public.
The hotline 16000 has played an important role in answering public queries regarding COVID-19 while also enabling the public and healthcare staff to access main health care services provided by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC).
A students’ health center design for Qatar
31 Dec 2020 - 18:18
Design for the students’ health center 1st floor
The Peninsula
By Najat Abdrabbo Alyafei, Head of Oral Public Health Operations, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
The proposed School Health Centers (SHCs) are primary care facilities that mainly focus on providing comprehensive health care targeted to school children aged between 4 and 17 years old in Qatar. The existing body of knowledge demonstrates a relationship between health status, quality of life, and academic performance among school children. School children with good health are more likely to fare better in their academic performance than school children with poor health.