DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation is working on a new diabetes unit to be opened on the second floor of Hamad General Hospital. It will be opened in May, said Professor Abdul Badi Abou Samra, Chairman, Department of Medicine at HMC.
It will serve child and adult patients and offer all diabetes-related services, including treatment, pharmacy, diabetes educators, dieticians and foot care.
“It will provide comprehensive care for diabetic patients,” Professor Abou Samra told a press conference on the sidelines of the Annual Research Day 2013 at Hamad Medical City yesterday.
The centre includes specialised diabetes treatment clinics, a specialised pharmacy for diabetic patients and diabetes educational units, in addition to dietetics and podiatry (foot care) services. Besides providing items such as insulin injections and glucose test strips, the centre will play an important role in supporting targeted clinical research on diabetes.
The prevalence of diabetes in Qatar was estimated to be 20 percent in 2011, up from 16.7 percent in 2008, according to Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA). Qatar has the second highest diabetic count among the GCC countries, after Kuwait (21 percent). The Peninsula
