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Tribune News Network
Doha
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will open its medical clinic in the Sealine area of Qatar at 3pm today.
The Sealine Medical Clinic has been operating for 12 years and the opening coincides with the start of the winter camping season 2021-2022.
The opening of the clinic highlights HMC’s commitment to provide safe, compassionate and effective healthcare services to all patients in Qatar.
Ali Abdulla Al Khater, HMC’s chief communications officer and project manager of the Sealine Medical Clinic, said the camping season coincides this year with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, urging campers to take safety precautions and to adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures which can be obtained from the Ministry of Public Health’s website.
He commended HMC’s commitment to fulfil its responsibility towards visitors and campers in Sealine area by providing them with healthcare services.
Khater said that the clinic plays an important role in serving the public in this major tourism and camping area, praising the long-standing cooperation between HMC and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment who facilitated providing an ideal location of the clinic.
“The clinic is located on a main road adjacent to the busy beach, resort, mosque, shopping area and other services and amenities in the area and this enables easy access to the clinic and has enabled the team to provide first aid services to the public in a fast and effective manner,” he said.
The clinic will operate from 3pm on Thursdays until 5pm on Saturdays throughout the camping season and will remain open until the official end of the camping season.
Dr Hamid Ghareeb, medical supervisor at the Sealine Medical Clinic, said the facility was equipped to handle injuries and medical emergencies among campers and visitors.
“The clinic features all the medical equipment and medications needed to manage injuries, but cases of urgent or serious nature are usually transported to hospital by ambulance or the LifeFlight helicopter, depending on the severity of the injury or illness,” Dr Ghareeb said. “The clinic, which is staffed by a physician, nurse and medical supervisor, receives all types of medical emergencies and injuries and is served by a helipad for easy LifeFlight access.
Saleh M Al Marri, assistant executive director for Events and Emergency Preparedness at HMC’s Ambulance Service, said through working closely with other government entities, high quality healthcare services were available to campers in the Sealine resort and surrounding areas.
“Ambulance Service coverage in the Sealine area operates 24/7 with two standard response vehicles as well as two 4x4 vehicles which are deployed for transporting patients from the sand dune areas to either the clinic, a standard ambulance vehicle, or to the helipad,” Marri said. “As part of the ongoing collaboration between HMC and Qatar Tourism Authority, HMC’s Ambulance Service will increase the number of ambulances to six, and five 4x4s during weekends and official holidays.
“The fleet is ready to respond to all emergency calls from campers in the Sealine resort and surrounding areas during the camping season. The 4x4 ambulances have been modified to cope with the special terrain in the Sealine and surrounding areas, to enable them to reach patients safely and with great flexibility,” he added.
Air ambulance helicopters, paramedics, critical care paramedics, rapid response paramedics, supervisors, liaison officers and operations managers will also be dispatched by the Events and Emergency Preparedness Section at the Ambulance Service according to its operations plans to ensure optimum ambulance service coverage in Sealine area during the camping season.
Doha
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will open its medical clinic in the Sealine area of Qatar at 3pm today.
The Sealine Medical Clinic has been operating for 12 years and the opening coincides with the start of the winter camping season 2021-2022.
The opening of the clinic highlights HMC’s commitment to provide safe, compassionate and effective healthcare services to all patients in Qatar.
Ali Abdulla Al Khater, HMC’s chief communications officer and project manager of the Sealine Medical Clinic, said the camping season coincides this year with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, urging campers to take safety precautions and to adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures which can be obtained from the Ministry of Public Health’s website.
He commended HMC’s commitment to fulfil its responsibility towards visitors and campers in Sealine area by providing them with healthcare services.
Khater said that the clinic plays an important role in serving the public in this major tourism and camping area, praising the long-standing cooperation between HMC and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment who facilitated providing an ideal location of the clinic.
“The clinic is located on a main road adjacent to the busy beach, resort, mosque, shopping area and other services and amenities in the area and this enables easy access to the clinic and has enabled the team to provide first aid services to the public in a fast and effective manner,” he said.
The clinic will operate from 3pm on Thursdays until 5pm on Saturdays throughout the camping season and will remain open until the official end of the camping season.
Dr Hamid Ghareeb, medical supervisor at the Sealine Medical Clinic, said the facility was equipped to handle injuries and medical emergencies among campers and visitors.
“The clinic features all the medical equipment and medications needed to manage injuries, but cases of urgent or serious nature are usually transported to hospital by ambulance or the LifeFlight helicopter, depending on the severity of the injury or illness,” Dr Ghareeb said. “The clinic, which is staffed by a physician, nurse and medical supervisor, receives all types of medical emergencies and injuries and is served by a helipad for easy LifeFlight access.
Saleh M Al Marri, assistant executive director for Events and Emergency Preparedness at HMC’s Ambulance Service, said through working closely with other government entities, high quality healthcare services were available to campers in the Sealine resort and surrounding areas.
“Ambulance Service coverage in the Sealine area operates 24/7 with two standard response vehicles as well as two 4x4 vehicles which are deployed for transporting patients from the sand dune areas to either the clinic, a standard ambulance vehicle, or to the helipad,” Marri said. “As part of the ongoing collaboration between HMC and Qatar Tourism Authority, HMC’s Ambulance Service will increase the number of ambulances to six, and five 4x4s during weekends and official holidays.
“The fleet is ready to respond to all emergency calls from campers in the Sealine resort and surrounding areas during the camping season. The 4x4 ambulances have been modified to cope with the special terrain in the Sealine and surrounding areas, to enable them to reach patients safely and with great flexibility,” he added.
Air ambulance helicopters, paramedics, critical care paramedics, rapid response paramedics, supervisors, liaison officers and operations managers will also be dispatched by the Events and Emergency Preparedness Section at the Ambulance Service according to its operations plans to ensure optimum ambulance service coverage in Sealine area during the camping season.
