The Emergency Department at Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) of Hamad Medical Corporation receives more than 70,000 patients a year, making it one of the busiest emergency departments in Qatar.
The WWRC Emergency Department (ED) is a unique purpose-built service tailored to the needs of women.
Services are available 24/7 for all women in urgent need of care, said Senior Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Moayyad Ahmed Younis, who is Head of Gynecology at WWRC.
HMC operates a unique emergency services system, as one of only a few countries in the world to have a separate, dedicated women’s emergency department.
“Our services includes dedicated emergency to women from preconception to childbirth, post-natal care, to their wellness and beyond the reproductive phase of life,” he told The Peninsula.
“If you are suffering from an obstetrical medical emergency or need immediate care, our team is here to help you. We are also there to help with gynaecological emergencies. Our Emergency Department is equipped with advanced imaging and diagnostic tools for immediate and accurate diagnosis of your condition,” he added.
However, Dr. Younis urge women to differentiate between emergency and non-urgent conditions while seeking health services.
Emergency conditions include abnormal vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, sudden onset of abdominal pain during pregnancy, leaking water from vagina, reduced/absent fetal movements at any stage of pregnancy, severe vomiting with dehydration during pregnancy, symptoms of miscarriage, trauma in pregnancy and gynaecological emergencies such as severe vaginal bleeding, and pelvic pain.
“If you are not suffering from a medical emergency, we advise to visit your designated health centres,” added Dr. Younis.
He said as part of efforts to improve services in the face of the rapid increase in the country’s population was to triage patients with priority 1 to 5 soon after arrival to ED through a special triage system using the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS), which is a valid system and verified internationally.
“The WWRC’s ED has exceeded all CTAS benchmarks, ensuring all categories of patients are seen quickly. Category 1 patients — those with the most critical conditions — are seen immediately, without delay, and category 2 patients are seen within 15 minutes,” said Dr. Younis, adding that other patients will be seen according to their condition.
Women can also call the WWRC hotline on 40261091 or the urgent care centre on 16000 for advice from specialised obstetric or gynaecology consultants.
