Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced that more than 20,000 outpatient visits were recorded between June and August of this year at its new Medical City hospitals. In recent months the three new hospitals, the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI), the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC), and the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC), have started to deliver a number of inpatient and outpatient services, with thousands benefitting from the care delivered. The new Medical City hospitals are at the heart of the biggest healthcare facilities expansion in the region.

The Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI), one of the region’s largest tertiary rehabilitation hospitals dedicated to delivering personalized, patient-centered, rehabilitative care, was the first new Medical City hospital to open its doors. Thousands of patients have benefitted from the state-of-the-art facilities and care offered at the hospital’s outpatient clinics, including physical medicine and rehabilitation, hydrotherapy, speech therapy, adult neuro occupational therapy, adult neuro physiotherapy and day rehabilitation. Since March the facility has also cared for a number of inpatients.

The Ambulatory Care Center (ACC), which when fully open will offer day care surgery to thousands of patients each year, has also opened a number of new clinics in recent months, including outpatient podiatry services. Like QRI, the ACC has seen a growing demand for its services. Patients are now benefitting from care delivered at various ACC clinics, including the Digestive (GI) and Liver Disease and Digestive (GI) Endoscopy Clinics. Urology services have also successfully relocated from Hamad General Hospital to the ACC and the number of patients being treated in the new location grows each week.

The Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC), which will be one of the largest tertiary hospitals in the region once fully open, is currently serving outpatients at its Uro-Gynecology, Gynecology-Oncology and Colposcopy and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Clinics as well as the Newborn Screening Unit.

Dr. Abdulla Al Ansari, Acting Chief Medical Officer for HMC, said the new facilities are helping to transform the care delivered to patients. He said: “In recent months we have seen more and more services delivered from the wonderful new hospitals in Medical City with thousands of patients being treated in what are world-class facilities supplied with the latest and most advanced equipment. The new services are designed to provide a safe and friendly environment to our patients and their families, in line with HMCs vision of patient-centered care. Each service move is very carefully planned to ensure we can deliver the highest quality and safest care. Early feedback from our patients, their families, and the clinical teams starting to deliver services at the new hospitals has been fantastic.”

Commenting on the sharp rise in activity at the new Medical City hospitals, Mr. Hamad Al Khalifa, Chief of Healthcare Facilities said:  “Since welcoming the first outpatients to Qatar Rehabilitation Institute late last year we have seen an increasing number of clinics and services relocating to our new Medical City hospitals. This increase in activity and expansion of services will continue over the following year as we deliver on our promise to bring world-class facilities to the people of Qatar.”

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About Hamad Medical Corporation
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the main provider of secondary and tertiary healthcare in Qatar and one of the leading hospital providers in the Middle East.

For more than three decades, HMC has been dedicated to delivering the safest, most effective and compassionate care to all its patients.

HMC manages nine hospitals – six specialist hospitals and three community hospitals – as well as the National Ambulance Service and home and residential care services.

In January 2016, HMC achieved the significant distinction of becoming the first healthcare system across the globe to have all its hospitals accredited by Joint Commission International under the Academic Medical Center accreditation program. Additionally, the National Ambulance Service, Home Healthcare Service, Stroke Service and Palliative Care, have all received this prestigious accreditation since 2011.

To meet the needs of a rapidly growing population, HMC has announced ambitious plans to expand capacity across its network through to 2030. This expansion plan includes a further three new hospitals in Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City.

HMC is leading the development of the region’s first academic health system – combining innovative research, top-class education and excellent clinical care – and is committed to building a legacy of healthcare expertise in Qatar. HMC collaborates with key partners who are experts in Qatar and beyond, including Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Partners Healthcare, Boston.

HMC is also the first hospital system in the Middle East to achieve institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education – International (ACGME-I), which demonstrates excellence in the way medical graduates are trained through residency, internship and fellowship programs.

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