DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation is expanding Al Sadd Children Emergency Centre, a senior official has said.
Work involves the construction of an extension building with five new clinics and five patient examination rooms, reports Al Sharq.
The centre has 45 beds and 13 more will be added, said Dr Hani Khalaf, Paediatric Consultant at the hospital.
“Emergency children centres in other parts of the world rarely have a large number of beds,” he said.
He said the number of medical staff will also be increased to cope with the rise in the number of patients.
Children emergency centres in Doha have a large turnout especially during winter. They receive about 2500 to 3000 patients in a day.
Al Sadd Centre is among the most popular, receiving about 1,500 patients a day, followed by Al Rayyan Emergency Centre (800) and the Airport Emergency Centre (500).
HMC emergency children centres received 557,891 patients last year of whom 21,922 were referred to observation rooms for further treatment.
DOHA: Qatar University’s Faculty of Medicine starts admissions for the Fall semester 2015 tomorrow. Admissions will continue until July 9, officials have said.
About 400 students, including 50 from Qatar, have applied at the faculty and the university will give priority to Qataris during the admission process, reports Al Sharq.
Placement for residents and foreign students will be on merit.
The language of instruction is English while Arabic is also taught and encouraged for students to be able to communicate effectively with local patients.
QU is co-operating with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to train the best medical doctors for the country.
QU students do clinical trials at HMC hospitals across the country.
DOHA: The Indian embassy will hold an Open House on Thursday to address any urgent consular and labour problems of Indians.
It will be held from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Written information on issues proposed to be discussed with officials could be given from 5.30pm to 6pm.
This will be followed by meetings with officials between 6pm and 6.30pm, the embassy said in a statement.
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