Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the main healthcare provider in the country, is providing smooth emergency and urgent care services to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 fans and visitors.
The Emergency Department at the Hamad General Hospital (HGH), Pediatric Emergency Centres and the Ambulance Service have attended to many patients with different health conditions during the first half of the tournament. Fans and visitors have expressed their admiration for the timely medical attention they received at HMC.
HMC has ensured smooth delivery of services to World Cup fans and visitors besides treating routine patients without any delay, said Dr. Aftab Mohammad Azad, Deputy Chairman, Corporate Department of Emergency Medicine at HMC.
“With collaborative efforts at national level for this life time event in Qatar, the Emergency Department at HMC under the patronage of the Minister of Public Health and the Chief Medical Officer made preparations to ensure smooth clinical operations and management to all World Cup guests and visitors in addition to our routine patients — with pleasant experience 24x7,” Dr Azad told The Peninsula.
“We are proud and honoured to provide our guests with state of the art emergency and urgent care services,” he added.
Fans and visitors coming to Qatar for the World Cup have free-of-charge access to emergency and urgent care services at HMC facilities throughout the tournament. Fans need their Hayya Card to receive free services at HMC facilities.
HMC’s Sheikha Aisha bint Hamad Al Attiyah Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad General Hospital and Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital are dedicated to care for Qatar 2022 fans and visitors.
HMC’s Ambulance Service is providing emergency support for life-threatening medical incidents and transfer to an appropriate hospital emergency department.
Emre Allegan, a Turksih national, is among many World Cup fans to receive treatment at HMC. He was brought to Hamad General Hospital by the Ambulance Service because he experienced a chest pain and discomfort. “I’m really taken care of. I wasn’t expecting what I received, because I’m not a resident of Qatar – in those situations in another country, that will be really tough and treatment would be expensive; and of course you will have to show your passport; but over here I just showed my Hayya card,” said the 24-year-old fan.
“Honestly, I wasn’t sure what I was going to expect in terms of healthcare but I’m glad that I came here and thanks to Hamad Medical Corporation for the care,” he said, adding that all his needs during the hospital stay were taken care of.
More than 100 easily accessible medical clinics are also available at stadiums, fan zones and accommodation sites during the FIFA World Cup.
