DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has continued its health education and training which has benefited a total of 1,110 people in Qatar.
The QRC medical staff were present at the Fifth Career Future Exhibition held by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) over three days at the Hospitality Club, Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City, with 650 attendees. A special QRC corner was set up to receive visitors, inform them about QRC and its role in society, train groups of visitors in first aid, distribute health education printouts, recruit volunteers for QRC’s Sixth Disaster Management Camp, give advice on health and preventive topics, perform blood sugar and pressure tests for free, distribute QRC gifts, and network with representatives of the participating organisations.
Under its School Program, QRC organised eight lectures on healthy dieting, personal hygiene, and first aid applications. The lectures were attended by 350 students, teachers, and parents at Independent schools including Mesaieed Independent Primary and Preparatory School for Boys, Maimoona Independent Primary School for Girls, Al-Shahania Independent Primary and Preparatory School for Boys, Al Wakra Independent Primary School for Girls, Al-Quds Model Independent School for Boys, Halima Al Sadia Primary School for Girls, Qatar Independent Preparatory School for Girls, and Al Israa Independent Primary School for Girls.
Dr Ahmed Mohamed Dib Adalbi, Head of Health Education, spoke about QRC’s medical activities and gave some useful health information of public concern during several episodes of the ‘Learn First Aid’ series on the Qatar Quran Radio. QRC organised first aid courses for 110 beneficiaries at St Regis Hotel, the Diplomatic Club, and Hello Baby Kindergarten, as well as a surface water rescue training course for the staff of Gulf Supplies and Commercial Services. The trainees received background information about QRC and basic training in first aid, surface water rescue, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); how to deal with cases of suffocation, bleeding, injury and techniques in moving injured people.the peninsula
