HMC's Mental Health Inpatient Services To Temporarily Relocate To Mesaieed General Hospital

Doha, Qatar: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced the temporary relocation of Mental health Hospital Services from the Psychiatric Hospital on Salwa Road to Mesaieed General Hospital (MGH) while the renovation of the Salwa Road facility is ongoing.

The relocation of services will commence before the end of October and patients will move when clinical transfer plans have been completed.

MGH provides a highly suitable care environment for mental health patients whose treatment plans require them to be admitted to an inpatient unit. The specialist inpatient mental health facility in the hospital has been designed in such a way as to enhance the healing environment for patients, providing greater privacy and dignity to patients and offering much more natural light than the current inpatient facility at Salwa Road.

Commenting on the MGH facility, Dr. Majid Al Abdulla, Chairman of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Mental Health Service at HMC said:

MGH, which was opened in April 2020, is a 120-bed state-of-the art hospital located south of Al Wakra. The inpatient mental health facility in the hospital is a result of joint work and collaboration between HMC's Mental Health Service and Al Wakra Hospital.

Iain Tulley, National Health Strategy Lead for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and CEO of HMC's Mental Health Service, explained that HMC has significantly expanded its mental health services in recent years and access to mental health care is now easier than ever before.

Tulley said:

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