HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani being escorted by health centre officials.
QNA/Doha
HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani visited health centres of the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Al Shamal, Al Kaaban and Al Ghuwariyah yesterday.
At the Al Shamal health centre the Prime Minister had a firsthand look at the facilities such as clinics, administrative offices, labs, scan centre and the pharmacy. Al Shamal health centre is one of the oldest in Qatar having been established in 1972 and has 7,000 registered people. Between 70 and 100 patients visit the centre daily.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser also visited Al Kaaban health centre. He was briefed on the expansion plans of new centre, which include a 24-hour emergency building for the elderly to receive urgent cases. He was also briefed on the centre’s facilities, including public clinics, dentistry clinics, non-communicable disease clinics, labs and scan centres as well as medical commission and the pharmacy.
A presentation was also held for the Premier on future plans that aim to develop the centre, including the improvement of the building’s interior design and expanding health services.
At the Al Ghuwariyah health centre the Prime Minister toured the facilities and had a look at the services that will be available when the centre starts to function. He was briefed on the operation plan, which will feature a new electronic system as well as procedures of local community participation in specifying the working hours of the centre through a survey that was carried out by PHCC.
The Prime Minister urged the entities carrying out health projects to exert more efforts in order to finish them as soon as possible and in line with the set schedule so as to address the healthcare needs of the society in line with the national vision of primary healthcare and Qatar National Vision 2030 that has been laid down by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
