Emergency and inpatient services to operate 24/7 during Eid al-Fitr

All inpatient and emergency services across Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) network of hospitals will continue to operate as usual, 24 hours a day, throughout the Eid al-Fitr holidays.All outpatient department (OPD) clinics will be closed from June 25 to June 27.At Hamad General Hospital walk-in and medication refill clinics will operate on June 28 and 29.There will be no clinics at Women’s Hospital on June 25 and 26.However, from June 27 to 29, there will be three high-risk clinics, dependent on need, one high-risk gestational diabetes mellitus clinic, one feotomaternal unit clinic and a newborn screening clinic.Al Khor Hospital, OPD clinics and the pharmacy will be closed from June 25 to 29 and will re-open July 2.The Accident and Emergency Department pharmacy will open 24 hours a day.All urgent cases, including patients who require medication refill services, should proceed directly to the Emergency Department.Al Wakra Hospital’s Emergency Department, including the Adult See and Treat Unit, the Paediatric Emergency Unit and the Emergency and Inpatient Pharmacies will remain open throughout the break.OPD clinics in General Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Burns Surgery and Physiotherapy will be open on June 28 and 29.Full outpatient services will resume on July 2.The Cuban Hospital OPD clinics and pharmacies will operate based on demand, with regular services resuming on July 2.Patients will be contacted by phone and SMS to confirm their appointments.Obstetric patients in need of urgent care should present at the Emergency Department.The Emergency Department, including the pharmacy, will remain open 24/7 and services will include the dispensing of urgent prescription refills.The dental service is closed all week.Emergency care will however be provided through the Emergency Department.National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), the Day Care Unit will be closed on June 25 and 26 and will re-open on June 27.There will be a morning clinic for Oncology, Hematology, Pain Management and urgent referrals on June 28 and 29.Radiotherapy will be open throughout the holidays.All outpatient clinics at Heart Hospital will be closed from June 25 to 29 and will re-open on July 2.At Rumailah Hospital Dermatology Clinics will be closed from June 25 to 27.There will be morning clinics from 9am to 12pm on June 28 and 29.Plastic surgery clinics will be closed on June 25 while morning clinics will operate from 8am to 1pm on June 26 to 29.The Wound Care Clinic will be closed from 25 to 27 June and there will be morning clinics from 8am to 1pm on June 28 and 29.There will be no Geriatric Clinics; however, the DOTS (direct observed therapy short course) will run every day from 6am to 10pm.Mental Health Services clinics, including all evening clinics, will be closed from June 25 to 29, with exception of an Injection Administration Clinic which will be open on June 27 from 7am to 12pm.The Older Adult Outreach Service will operate from 25 June and the Community Adult Outreach Service will be on-call for emergencies only.The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service will be closed from June 25 to 29 and will re-open on Sunday July 2.All other clinics will re-open on July 2.The Dental Outpatient Department will be closed from June 25 to 29 June; however, emergency appointments will be available on 28 and 29 June.Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Outpatient clinics are closed throughout the holidays.However, a physician on-call service will be available.The Ambulatory Care Center’s Podiatry Clinics and the GI/Endoscopy Clinic will be closed from June 25 to 29 June and will re-open on July 2.There will be one morning clinic every day at the Communicable Disease Center from 26 to 29 June from 7.30am to 12pm.An evening clinic will run from 3.30pm to 7.30pm.The Hamad Customer Service Center (Nesma’ak) will be closed from 25 to 27 June and will re-open on 28 and 29 June from 8am to 4pm.Patients requiring information can call 16060 during these times to inquire about or change their appointments.