DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has relocated its specialist Burns Unit from the Rumailah Hospital to a state-of-the-art facility at Al Wakrah Hospital.
The new unit started functioning last Friday.
HMC said yesterday that the move comes as part of its ongoing operational plans to transform many of its key clinical services to meet demands of the rapidly growing population in the country.
The new Burns Unit will have additional beds and other resources, including dedicated theatres, immediate access to Intensive Care Units and specialist clinical services, as well as additional staff that can cater to more patients.
Al Wakrah Hospital Medical Director Dr Nassar Al Ansari said the hospital aims to provide a world-class burns centre service. “HMC’s aim is to provide a comprehensive Burns Unit in keeping with the organisational goals of clinical transformation. The Burns Unit moving to Al Wakrah Hospital meets this strategic objective, and establishes an improved facility that allows clinicians and specialists to deliver increasingly better care to patients,” said Dr Al Ansari.
Rumailah Hospital Medical Director Dr Abdulaziz Al Darwish said that the move allowed them to free up extra capacity to accommodate additional long term beds and reallocate much-needed space and focus on expanding long term care services.
A specialist team from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Sumner Redstone Burns Center in the United States is providing support to HMC during the transition of the Burns Unit. The Medical Director for the MGH Burns Division, Dr Shawn Fagan, headed the team.
The hospital also provides ample parking for patients and visitors. The Burns Unit can be contacted over telephone - 4011 5284.
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