The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has continued to offer its services as usual and its development plans and programmes have not been influenced negatively by the blockade in any way, an official told Arabic daily Arrayah.
HMC’s future development plans are going on as planned. For instance, the construction works of the building of the trauma and emergency facility are progressing as per schedule. The centre is considered the one of the largest health facilities in the region, and its opening is expected to be in 2018 as decided earlier. In addition, all the other health services have been offered to the public uninterrupted.
In the meantime, a number of officials at the private health facilities affirmed that all their future expansions are going on according to the schedule and have not affected by the blockade.
Abdulrahman al-Emadi, CEO of Al Emadi Hospital, pointed out that the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has asked them to nominate a representative of the hospital to attend a meeting that would be held soon regarding the coding of the health insurance services. He said the hospital has already nominated the person, who would be responsible for the health insurance file.
He also said that the MoPH is communicating with hospitals of the private sector in preparation for the launch of the new health insurance system, discussing its mechanisms and way of implementation, in co-operation with all the involved parties.
Dr Nadir Samih, director of the Health Insurance at Doha Clinic, said also the MoPH has contacted the hospital regarding the issue. He hopes that the meeting will be held soon.
In the meantime, an official stressed that HMC was quick to deal with the immediate consequences of the blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, and managed quickly to secure all the necessary supplies from other countries.
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