Sidra Medicine, a specialty children’s, young people and women’s healthcare organisation and member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, has announced the next stage in its phased opening with expanded referral options and new services available to patients.
The Women’s Clinic at Sidra Medicine has begun accepting referrals from Al-Rayyan Health Centre and Gharrafat Al Rayyan Health Centre, in addition to ongoing referrals from Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care Corporation centres.
The Sidra Medicine main hospital, in addition to doing elective Cesarean deliveries, has begun scheduling births by planned induction of labour. Deliveries by induction of labour will be scheduled by referral only. Women who go into spontaneous labour will need to go to HMC for deliveries. This also applies to patients currently registered and receiving their antenatal care at Sidra Medicine.
Under children’s and young people’s services, additional low-risk orthopaedics and all general surgery services have also become available. From February 11, paediatric neurology and rheumatology clinics, as well as complex general paediatric care, will open at Sidra Medicine.
The latest inpatient children’s services will be added to the list of existing services currently available by referral and appointment only. This includes pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and non-invasive cardiology services, as well as low-risk general surgery, urology, plastic and ear, nose and throat surgical procedures.
Dr John Ferguson, Sidra Medicine chief medical officer said, “The weeks since we opened our main hospital building have been marked with many heartwarming developments, from welcoming our first babies to treating our first inpatients. Most importantly, however, the intense preparation and systems testing we conducted ahead of opening has ensured efficiency and safety with no adverse patient outcomes. As a hospital focusing on some of the most complex medical specialties, patient safety is of utmost importance to the entire team at Sidra Medicine.”
Since opening its doors on January 14 and as of January 31, Sidra Medicine’s main hospital has performed 79 paediatric procedures and 13 C-sections, admitted 33 paediatric patients and welcomed 14 babies. The first baby girl arrived on January 14, and the first baby boy a day later, followed by several more births including twins in the three weeks since opening.
The current schedule of inpatient services will be ramped up through mid-2018 to include more complex paediatric surgeries, specialist paediatric services in cardiology and others, as well as deliveries, focusing on high-risk pregnancies.
The Sidra Medicine main hospital, in addition to doing elective Cesarean deliveries, has begun scheduling births by planned induction of labour. Deliveries by induction of labour will be scheduled by referral only. Women who go into spontaneous labour will need to go to HMC for deliveries. This also applies to patients currently registered and receiving their antenatal care at Sidra Medicine.
Under children’s and young people’s services, additional low-risk orthopaedics and all general surgery services have also become available. From February 11, paediatric neurology and rheumatology clinics, as well as complex general paediatric care, will open at Sidra Medicine.
The latest inpatient children’s services will be added to the list of existing services currently available by referral and appointment only. This includes pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and non-invasive cardiology services, as well as low-risk general surgery, urology, plastic and ear, nose and throat surgical procedures.
Dr John Ferguson, Sidra Medicine chief medical officer said, “The weeks since we opened our main hospital building have been marked with many heartwarming developments, from welcoming our first babies to treating our first inpatients. Most importantly, however, the intense preparation and systems testing we conducted ahead of opening has ensured efficiency and safety with no adverse patient outcomes. As a hospital focusing on some of the most complex medical specialties, patient safety is of utmost importance to the entire team at Sidra Medicine.”
Since opening its doors on January 14 and as of January 31, Sidra Medicine’s main hospital has performed 79 paediatric procedures and 13 C-sections, admitted 33 paediatric patients and welcomed 14 babies. The first baby girl arrived on January 14, and the first baby boy a day later, followed by several more births including twins in the three weeks since opening.
The current schedule of inpatient services will be ramped up through mid-2018 to include more complex paediatric surgeries, specialist paediatric services in cardiology and others, as well as deliveries, focusing on high-risk pregnancies.
