(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) new Medical City complex, the biggest
healthcare facility expansion in the region, will bring new services and
care options to create a patient-centred healing environment for Qatar
residents.
Once fully operational, the three new hospitals Qatar Rehabilitation
Institute, Women's Wellness and Research Center, and the Ambulatory Care
Center will house 500 new hospital beds and 3,000 highly trained
clinical and support staff.
The size of 35 soccer pitches, the facilities have a number of unique
features. It is the home to the largest rehabilitation hospital in the
region; Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI), at 38,000sq m, is the size
of five soccer pitches.
The QRI houses seven indoor heated hydrotherapy pools, each with the
highest water quality standards, and 11 rehabilitation gyms. It has more
than 2,000m of pneumatic tubes crisscrossing the three hospitals, and
transport medicine and lab specimens to various units within the
hospitals in minutes.
The complex has the largest healthcare kitchen in the Middle East which
is able to deliver up to 4,000 meals a day to patients and catering for
more than 65 different diets. The 17,000 babies born each year at the
Women's Wellness and Research Centre will get the best start in life
with more than 100 neonatal intensive care cots, seven operating
theatres, 26 labour and delivery rooms, and 50 outpatient examination
rooms. The Ambulatory Care Centre, which is delivering outpatient and
day surgery services, is equipped with state-of-the-art theatres, an
extensive radiology unit, examination suites and treatment rooms, and 12
examination rooms for ENT and audiology.
'This is a project of immense size and complexity, said HMC's chief of
healthcare facilities Hamad al-Khalifa. 'It is a significant improvement
in space, environment, and infrastructure compared to current HMC
facilities — a state-of-the-art home for an increasing range of
innovative services offering new models of care.
'Our Medical City hospitals are delivering on a promise to expand
world-class facilities for the people of Qatar, continued al-Khalifa.
'But this is not just about the bricks and mortar the dedicated and
highly-qualified clinical and support teams staffing these facilities
will also deliver high-quality, compassionate care to every patient.
Dr Abdulla al-Ansari, acting chief medical officer at HMC said the
opening of the new hospitals is the culmination of many years of careful
planning and hard work.
'Our new hospitals provide a state-of-the-art home for a range of
innovative services and new integrated models of care. Designed with the
experience of our patients and their families in mind, we are
delivering on a promise to expand world-class facilities, said Dr
al-Ansari.
Earlier this month, Ali Abdullah al-Khater, HMC's chief communications
officer and chair of the Healthcare Communications Committee, announced
the launch of a website dedicated exclusively to the new Medical City
Hospitals.
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