Patients receiving treatment at Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital in Boutilimit, Mauritania.
Doha: The Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital in Boutilimit, Mauritania, has issued its semiannual report of the medical activities and services offered during the first half of 2022 to improve the health conditions of the local communities of Boutilimit and neighbouring regions, with a total of 55,894 beneficiaries.
Operated and managed by Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), under an MoU with Education Above All (EAA), the hospital relies on its own resources and infrastructure, with a workforce of 78 specialist physicians, nurses, assistants, social workers, and administrative staff.
The overall budget of the hospital for 2022 is $1,359,758. It has four medical divisions: outpatient, inpatient, technical, and emergency. There are six outpatient clinics of internal medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, dermatology, general surgery, orthopaedics, and dental medicine.
From January 1 to June 30, 2022, the 8-bed emergency department received 8,921 patients, including 6,374 multiple emergencies, 2,413 Ob-Gyn emergencies, and 134 road traffic injuries. Performance indicators show that the hospital managed to achieve a main goal of reducing referrals to major hospitals in Nouakchott – no more than 47 referrals.
With its six rooms, the outpatient department offers GP services during weekdays, while other specialities are available on a basis of three clinics per week.
Year-to-date, the department has served 25,389 patients, including 9,988 children, 5,524 men, and 9,877 women. They are divided as follows: GP (16,384), general surgery (385), paediatrics (1,550), Ob-Gyn (417), dental (1,296), orthopaedics (695), prenatal care (801), dermatology (2,023), internal medicine (1,127), and ophthalmology (713).
Currently, the hospital has a capacity of 62 beds in four recovery departments (internal, paediatrics, Ob-Gyn, and general surgery).
The reported period saw 1,871 inpatients, with a total of 4,822 stay days. The bed occupancy rate was 45.31%, with an average of 2.71 stay days per patient.
As the hospital pays great attention to maternal and child health, the Ob-Gyn department supervised 469 births, including 86 C-sections, with a surgical intervention percentage of 18%, which is much less than national figures, reflecting the improved performance of the department.
