DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)'s Corporate Social Service has held an entertainment event for the patients of the Gaza Strip who are receiving treatment at the corporation's hospitals.
The event included interactive activities, such as entertaining competitions, a football show, and colouring activities for children, along with offering healthy snacks.
An HMC statement on Sunday said the initiative aimed to entertain patients to enhance their mental health, welcome them to the State of Qatar, where they receive high-quality treatment, and give them the necessary support, especially psychologically, due to the difficult repercussions due to the ongoing events in the Gaza Strip.
Corporate Social Service representatives attended the event at Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City Park, along with members of the HMC's Gaza Patients Community Support Team and representatives of some private Qatari hospitals.
Executive Director of the Corporate Social Service and chair of the Gaza Patients Community Support Team, Bashayr Al Rashid stated that the "Corporate Social Service at Hamad Medical Corporation considers this humanitarian mission a privilege, enabling us to apply the core ethics and principles of social work by empowering patients and fulfilling their holistic needs.
"Through our dedicated efforts, we strive to alleviate the burden on patients and their families by offering a range of services tailored to their individual circumstances." Assistant Executive Director of Corporate Social Service and a member of the Gaza Patients Community Support Team, Maleeha Al Shamali said, "The goal of this event was to create an atmosphere of joy and fun for our guests; Gaza patients and their companions, by holding activities and games that are compatible with their needs, and aim to improve their mood.
"The Corporate Social Service department believes in the importance of patients participation and their social integration in various activities that contribute to relieving stress resulting from the long period of treatment or rehabilitation".
Meanwhile, Asma Ahmadi - a social worker at the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute and a member of the Gaza Patients Community Support Team, said that the primary goal of organizing entertainment activities for patients and their companions is to enhance psychological well-being and reduce levels of stress, anxiety, and overthinking, as well as to encourage social interaction and building social relationships that support them.