Qatar / Health

Sidra Medicine conference to focus on emergency, urgent care for children 10 Mar 2022 - 09:34 am

Doha: Sidra Medicine has partnered with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to host the sixth edition of the Qatar Paediatric Emergency Medicine (QPEM) conference...

HMC offers advanced treatment methods for glaucoma 10 Mar 2022 - 09:32 am

Advanced diagnostic procedures and treatment methods available at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have helped improve lives of people with glaucoma. Glaucoma first affects...

Qatar eases Covid-19 restrictions from Saturday 09 Mar 2022 - 04:42 pm

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, chaired the regular meeting held by...

130 Covid-19 cases reported in Qatar on March 9 09 Mar 2022 - 01:16 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 130 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on March 9, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 121 Cases among...

HMC National Obesity Treatment Center calls for action on World Obesity Day 09 Mar 2022 - 12:41 pm

Doha: Healthcare experts are calling on the community to act now to prevent and treat obesity. With an estimated 1 in 3 adults...

Mesaieed Hospital an ideal facility for geriatric patients 09 Mar 2022 - 09:41 am

Doha: Mesaieed General Hospital (MGH) was opened in record time in April 2020 to meet the spiraling demands for hospital beds due to...

HMC extends Sealine Medical Clinics operation 08 Mar 2022 - 03:32 pm

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) decided to extend Sealine Medical Clinics Operation for the Camping Season until 20 May 2022. Ali Abdulla Al...

MoPH reports 146 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on March 8 08 Mar 2022 - 03:09 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 146 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on March 8, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 137 Cases among...

QBRI applies precision medicine to predict, treat severe COVID-19 08 Mar 2022 - 09:09 am

Doha: With COVID-19 complications presenting a huge burden on healthcare systems worldwide, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU),...

Sidra adds new women health, wellness services 08 Mar 2022 - 08:35 am

Sidra Medicine has announced several new services including the upcoming launch of two new health programmes for girls and women in the country....

300 people referred to prosecution for violating Covid-19 precautionary measures 07 Mar 2022 - 09:57 pm

Doha: designated authorities referred 300 people to the prosecution for Covid-19 precautionary measure violations on Monday (March 7, 2022). 291 people were reported...

Sidra Medicine announces new women’s services 07 Mar 2022 - 07:12 pm

Doha: Sidra Medicine today announced several new programmes and services geared towards offering females in Qatar more choices when it comes to their...

HMC surgery department opens two wound advanced care units 07 Mar 2022 - 05:14 pm

Doha: The Surgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) opened, in January, two new wound advanced care units at Hamad General Hospital (HGH)...

Qatar reports 165 Covid-19 cases on March 7 07 Mar 2022 - 02:15 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 165 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on March 7, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 163 Cases among...

WCM-Q researchers identify protein markers for Covid-19 disease 07 Mar 2022 - 11:32 am

Doha: Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have together with colleagues from the Weill Cornell Medicine campus in New York (WCM-NY) identified proteins...

HBKU’s CHLS takes part in global study on rare inherited cholesterol disorder 07 Mar 2022 - 09:15 am

Doha: A faculty member at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS) recently took part in a global clinical...

28,000 babies screened for hearing issues a year 07 Mar 2022 - 08:32 am

The National Programme for Early Detection of Hearing Loss, an initiative for timely diagnosis of hearing weakness in children, is screening around 28,000...