With the opening of new health facilities in 2021, the number of hospitals affiliated with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) increased to 14, and the healthcare system now includes some of the most advanced medical technologies in the world.
The number of primary health care centres in the public sector has now increased to 28 centres affiliated with the Primary Health Care Corporation and 4 other centres run by Qatar Red Crescent.
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has prepared the national plan for health security, which will enhance the application and commitment of Qatar to the International Health Regulations 2005, with the participation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners in the health sector, and work to add a number of precautionary and complementary plans to the national framework for health emergencies.
While the development of ambulance services and surgical facilities has made Qatar one of the best countries in the world in the field of traffic safety, the post-accident response has been improved to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, as the telephone response time to the accident was about 6 seconds, and the time to reach the site of the accident inside Doha is 7 minutes and outside Doha is 8 minutes in 91 percent of cases.
Work continued during this year to implement the projects of the National Health Strategy 2018-22, and a number of achievements were made in a number of National Health Strategy’s priorities, similar to those related to priority population groups, as the national policies for occupational safety and health were approved and published.
This year, HMC celebrated the 15th anniversary of the prestigious accreditation of its hospital network by the Joint Commission International (JCI). Hamad Corporation’s hospitals and facilities have received over 40 accreditations from the Commission over the past fifteen years, which confirms the Corporation’s application of international standards and its commitment to provide the best possible level of health care for all patients.
The Primary Health Care Corporation also received Accreditation Canada International for the third time and the Patient-Centred Care award, in addition to the Corporation’s laboratories receiving the accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
With regard to public health services, the Ministry of Public Health has contracted the American Board, which is the only institution in the world specialised in the field of accreditation of public health services, in order to obtain this international accreditation.
Work is underway for Qatar to be the first country to obtain the accreditation of public health services after the United States of America, and the Central Food Lab has obtained the American national accreditation for American Standards.
