Guests and officials during the ceremony held at HMC’s Itqan Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center.
Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed contracts with a new group of Palestinian doctors approved for H H the Amir’s Scholarship Program for Postgraduate Medical Studies in Qatar and honoured doctors who successfully completed their subspecialty programmes during 2025.
This initiative is part of Qatar’s ongoing support for the Palestinian people and the product of constructive and collaborative efforts made by QRCS, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Palestine’s Ministry of Health (MoH), and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
The ceremony, held at HMC’s Itqan Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center, was attended by Palestinian Ambassador to Qatar H E Fayez Majed Abu Al-Rub; Secretary-General of QRCS Faisal Mohamed Al-Emadi; QRCS board members Dr. Mohamed Johar Al-Mohamed, Abdullah Hamed Al-Mulla, and Ahmed Abdul-Rahman Al-Mulla; Acting Assistant Managing Director of HMC Ali Al-Janahi; Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Medical Education at HMC Dr. Abdullah Rashid Al-Naimi; Medical Director of Hamad General Hospital Dr. Yousef Al-Maslamani; Assistant Secretary-General for Volunteering and Local Development at QRCS Hussain Aman Al-Ali; and Chief Ambassador of QRCS Yousef Mohamed Al-Awadi.
The programme is a long-term strategic initiative launched by QRCS in 2003, with the generous support of H H the Father Amir, to embody Qatar’s vision of supporting the Palestinian people and building their capacity based on solid underlying scientific and professional grounds.
It enables Palestinian doctors to complete their higher academic and clinical education in significant medical specialties, helping back Palestine’s health care system, enhance its institutional capacity, and meet the shortage in qualified medical professionals.
In his remarks, Al-Emadi stated, “This programme provided Palestinian doctors with a valuable opportunity to engage with international medical expertise and acquire advanced skills, amid limited local health care resources and infrastructure.
“The doctors returning from Qatar were a great added value for health care services, ensuring better humanitarian and living conditions for Palestinian patients. Palestinian MoH’s hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank hire a select group of the programme graduates to run specialised medical departments.”
Dr. Al-Naimi said, “These generous scholarships represent a shining example of humanitarian support and investment in human capital. It reflects a genuine commitment to empowering Palestinian medical professionals, contributing to health care services for patients everywhere.”
He congratulated the scholarship winners and wished them successful training to prove their merits, pursue the journey of excellence and voluntary service, and strongly cherish the message of medicine and humanity.
The Palestinian Ambassador highlighted the total destruction of all aspects of life in Gaza, under an awfully brutal war, a severe blockade of life-saving humanitarian and medical aid, and a harshly cold winter.
He pointed to the killing and injury of thousands of Palestinian medical professionals, almost failing health sector, and shortage of medical supplies.
