Qatar Tribune - Health Medicine

Tribune News Network Doha Minister of Public Health Her Excellency Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari visited Qatar’s second lung transplant recipient who is recovering well from the lifesaving procedure at Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Hamad General Hospital.  The male patient, a 67-year-old Arab resident who has lived in Qatar his whole life, underwent the complex procedure in...

Tribune News Network Doha A physiotherapist and a cupping therapist have been booked for working without license in Qatar, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said on Sunday. The duo were working in a private health facility. Reported by the Ministry of Public Health, they have been referred to competent authorities with the Ministry of Interior.   ?The Ministry announced that the...

A team of neurosurgeons at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has successfully performed a highly specialized brain tumor removal procedure resection of a complex brain tumor, known as a Glioma. The procedure, the first of a kind in Qatar, was performed with intra-operative neuro-monitoring and neuropsychological support. The 40-year-old patient, who was wide-awake and conscious during the...

A small group of people with rectal cancer just experienced something of a miracle as their cancer simply vanished after an experimental treatment. According to New York Times, in a very small clinical trial, 18 patients took a drug called Dostarlimab for around six months, and in the end, every one of them saw their tumours disappear.  Dostarlimab is a drug with laboratory-produced...

Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the U.S., health officials said Friday, raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time. Many of the U.S. cases were caused by the same strain as recent cases in Europe, but a few samples show a different strain, federal health officials said. Each strain had been seen in...

The U.S. baby formula shortage has sparked a surge of interest at milk banks around the U.S. with some mothers offering to donate breast milk and desperate parents calling to see if it’s a solution to keep their babies fed. It’s a pathway that won’t work for every formula-fed baby, especially those with special dietary needs, and it comes with challenges because the...

Tribune News Network Doha There is no cure for autism – it is a lifelong condition – said experts at Qatar Foundation during a recent webinar titled “Autism: Comorbidities and Behavioral Challenges,” but intervention and treatment can improve long-term outcomes, especially if diagnosed early.     The webinar was held as part of a wider series of...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in cooperation with the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Sidra Medicine and the private health sector, celebrates the World Immunization Week during the period from April 24 to 30. This year’s celebrations are organized under the theme “A Long Life for All”, which was selected by the World Health...

A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people from the coronavirus. There’s no way to know for sure whether it was the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection because not everyone gets tested, especially on a regular basis like this case. But at 505 days, “it...

The 14-bed unit can accommodate paediatric and adult patients requiring specialized intensive care following surgery Tribune News Network Doha Minister of Public Health, Her Excellency Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, today opened the Ambulatory Care Center’s new intensive care unit. The state-of-the-art new facility is designed to provide critical care support and close monitoring to...