Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has announced that it will strengthen telemedicine and virtual healthcare services as of November 1, 2022, because of the State of Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.   PHCC stated that its affiliated centers would apply the system of virtual consultations (70%), and face-to-face consultations (30%) through visiting any health center.   PHCC

Mr. Nasser Saeed Al Naimi, Deputy Chief of Quality at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Director of Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute, and Head of the 16000 Health Sector Call Center, has disclosed that the first phase of the national electronic project to provide virtual treatment services will launch via telephone for all patients eligible for treatment during November 2022.   Al

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, the UAE signed a USD 25 million cooperation agreement in support of Al Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem. This came as part of the UAE’s efforts to support the medical and healthcare sectors in Palestine in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and in coordination

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has been awarded the national accreditation status of the US Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).   The State of Qatar became the first country in the world to obtain the international certificate of accreditation of public health services after the United States of America.   HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari, the Minister of

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) confirmed yesterday that its existing partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), under the title “Sport for Health”, seeks to raise awareness of mental illnesses and encourage people suffering from stress and anxiety to seek help.   MOPH, which existing partnership with WHO spans over three years, confirmed that the FIFA World Cup Qatar

HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended yesterday morning, at Sheraton Doha Hotel, a ceremony honoring the cities of Qatar as “Healthy Cities”. The ceremony was on the occasion of receiving all the municipalities of the State of Qatar the title of “Healthy Cities”, Qatar University (QU) as “Healthy University” and

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and healthcare partners, including Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Primary Healthcare Corporation (PHCC) and other key organizations in the State of Qatar, has affirmed that they are ready to activate and deploy comprehensive major incident response plans, if needed, at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.   In the recent years, MOPH has been working

HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, inaugurated yesterday the electronic food safety system “Watheq”. The electronic system is one of the most important national projects within the Qatar Public Health Strategy, under the strategic objective aimed at raising the level of food safety in accordance with the highest international standards and best-applied practices in this field.