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Thursday, 23 May 2013

Ashghal awards contracts for seven new health projects

Ashghal awards contracts for seven new health projects
The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ yesterday announced that work had started on the construction of seven new healthcare projects with a total value of QR 1.2 billion. The contracts include the construction of additional operation rooms at Hamad General Hospital, in addition to five healthcare centres at Al Nuaim, Al Muntazah (Rawdat Al Khail), Al Karaana, Al Roda and Al...

HMC exhibition promotes health awareness among students

HMC exhibition promotes health awareness among students
Students at the Al Ahnaf Bin Qais Independent Preparatory School were taught essential first aid skills at a special healthy lifestyles exhibition organized as part of the work of the Health Professions Awareness Program (HPAP) and Volunteering Programs at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Mini-workshops were held to train students on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as...

HMC celebrates International Nurses Day

HMC celebrates International Nurses Day
Nurses from Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) nursing service celebrated International Nurses Day yesterday by raising awareness of the significant role nurses play in the healthcare system. International Nurses Day was established in 1965 and marks the birth of Florence Nightingale; the famous English nurse is considered a pioneer of modern nursing. In recent years celebrations for...

QRC promotes humanitarian values

QRC promotes humanitarian values
Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) celebrated the International Day for Humanitarian Movement at Ritz-Carlton Doha, the Official Hospitality Partner of QRC, on Thursday. Several volunteers, government entities and social activists gathered at the function to promote the humanitarian value of giving without discrimination or bias. Talking to Qatar Tribune on the sidelines of the celebration QRC...

Qatar Biobank builds momentum, welcoming its 300th participant

Qatar Biobank builds momentum, welcoming its 300th participant
Qatar Biobank recently welcomed its 300th participant through the doors of its centre in Hamad Medical City. Over the last few months, participants from Qatar Foundation and Hamad Medical Corporation along with their friends and families have actively taken part in the development of Qatar Biobank to help prepare for wide-scale recruitment from the Qatari public later this...

Ooredoo donates funds for Free Medical Camp

Ooredoo donates funds for Free Medical Camp
Ooredoo today presented the organisers of the 12th Free Medical Camp with a significant donation, to support the costs of the 2013 event, and to ensure that the camp can be held again in the future. Organised by the Indian Islamic Association Qatar (IIAQ), the Indian Doctors Club (IDC) and the Indian Medical Association’s Qatar Chapter (IMA), the camp was attended by more than 5,000...

International leaders in organ transplantation convening in Doha celebrate the Doha Donation Accord

International leaders in organ transplantation convening in Doha celebrate the Doha Donation Accord
An international symposium on organ donation and transplantation, with 70 international leaders in this field, will be held in Doha on April 12-14. The symposium received the endorsement of Her Highness, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Vice Chair of the Supreme Council of Health of Qatar. Convened by the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the symposium will celebrate the Doha Donation Accord...

QU-HMC exhibition promotes a healthy future for Qatar

QU-HMC exhibition promotes a healthy future for Qatar
Encouraging young people to consider a career as a health professional was the aim of the second annual health exhibition “Our health, our future” organized by Qatar University’s health clinic and the Health Professions Awareness Committee of Hamad Medical Corporation.  The two-day event, which concluded on Thursday, involved 22 organizations representing all areas of health and...

A successful Georgetown Young Leaders Seminar comes to a close

A successful Georgetown Young Leaders Seminar comes to a close
Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (GU-Q) 2nd annual Georgetown Young Leader’s Summit (GYLS), an intensive 3-day workshop which brought together young leaders from Qatar and MENA, South and Southeast Asia to collaborate on the critical international relations issues facing the region today, came to a close Monday, April 8. Jim Seevers, Interim Director of the...

Learning to Lead: The Georgetown Young Leaders Seminar

Learning to Lead: The Georgetown Young Leaders Seminar
Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Qatar will host one of its primary annual outreach initiatives commencing on Friday.  The Georgetown Young Leaders Seminar, a highly interactive, 3-day program, will bring together 18 young leaders from across Middle East, North Africa, East Africa and Southeast Asia to participate in intensive seminar discussions with Georgetown faculty and...

SCH to launch national oral health strategy

SCH to launch national oral health strategy
Supreme Council of Health (SCH) will soon launch a nationwide oral health strategy to promote good oral and dental health habits among the residents, a senior official has said. The strategy, which also aims to reduce the occurrence of dental diseases in Qatar, is still in the design phase, Sheikha al Anoud bint Mohammad al Thani, director of Health Promotion and Noncommunicable...

Poor diet and unhealthy lifestyles are a deadly choice, experts warn

Poor diet and unhealthy lifestyles are a deadly choice, experts warn
Qatar has overtaken the U.S in the obesity stakes and people must do more to ensure a healthy future, free of diabetes and associated illnesses, for themselves and their children. That was the message that came from a high-level symposium organized by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar’s (WCMC-Q) Department of Global and Public Health. The event, which was co-sponsored by the...