Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and its allied healthcare facilities have become a centre of excellence in the region by providing best available services to patients as country’s healthcare system progresses keeping pace with global developments in science and technology.
Owing to the adoption of these latest medical technologies, Qatar’s healthcare infrastructure and services are also recognised in the world in various prestigious rankings.
According to a latest report, a new optimised model of managing operating theatres across the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has made a positive impact and helping in provision of timely services.
All operating theatres are looked in as one body through Corporate Perioperative Committee and Operating Theatres, and it makes a balance between theatres, manpower and equipment across HMC.
Dr Moustafa Alkhalil, Director of Corporate Perioperative Committee and Operating Theatres at HMC, said that Corporate Perioperative Committee and Operating Theatres help hospitals reduce big bulk backlog and long waiting time and some hospitals to improve them in the specialised surgical services they provide.
Only HMC’s Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Department conducts around 600 surgeries each year on patients with advanced diseases and disorders of the head and neck, with around 30 percent of these cases involving the removal of tumours.
Around 50 operation theatres are at hospitals in and around Doha with advanced facilities and also expansions continue due to the increasing demand.
Few weeks ago the first successful lung transplant in Qatar also showed the excellence of the country’s healthcare system and infrastructure. The successful transplant had consolidated Qatar’s position in world nations providing best medical care to people. It is pertinent to mention here that Qatar’s organ transplant programme offers kidney, liver and now lung transplant surgeries making HMC one of the most comprehensive transplant centres in the region. Due to constant investment and timely designed strategies by the government, Qatar’s healthcare system had been ranked the best in the region in January this year. Qatar had been ranked among top 20 countries in Numbeo Healthcare Index by Country 2021, scoring 73 points.
Meanwhile a total of 10,587 surgeries were performed in different specialities at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) during the first six months of 2021 and the number might significantly increase in the second half, said Dr. Moustafa Alkhalil.
The General Surgery Department deals with common surgeries including surgery of the pancreas, liver, colon, stomach and gallbladder, among others. One of the new operating theatres also features the latest high-tech robotic surgery apparatus — the da Vinci Xi surgical robot, which surgeons use to perform a variety of specialist and general surgeries.
