Qatar
First baby born at HMC Women’s Wellness Center named after the Emir
First baby born at HMC Women’s Wellness Center named after the Emir
WWRC is dedicated to caring for women and their newborns as well as providing ongoing care for women throughout all stages of their lives.Qatari parents, al-Hababis, welcomed baby Tamim on December 3. Weighing 3.2kg, baby Tamim was delivered by a member of the hospital’s highly specialised obstetric teams in one of WWRC's new state-of-the-art operating theatres.HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari visited the family and newborn to offer her congratulations and present al-Hababi and her newborn with a special gift.Dr al-Kuwari said, “We are extremely proud to welcome the first baby born at the Women’s Wellness and Research Center, the largest women’s tertiary hospital in the country.”“The birth of baby Tamim marks a major milestone in our journey towards the full opening of our new facility, which has been carefully designed to provide the women of Qatar with specialist care throughout all stages of their lives.” Over the next few months, the WWRC will gradually increase the number of women delivering babies at the facility as it works towards operating at full capacity. Women’s Hospital will remain open and continue to run inpatient services, including labour and delivery until the new hospital is fully operational.Mahdi Mesfer Mubarak al-Hababi, father of baby Tamim, said, “It is a tremendous honour that my wife was the first woman to deliver a baby at HMC’s beautiful new facility. The wonderful team of doctors and nurses were passionate about ensuring she had the best possible birthing experience, providing her and our baby with the utmost guidance and care every step of the way.”According to Haila Johar, executive director of nursing at the WWRC, after her delivery, al-Hababi was brought to one of the facility’s 260 inpatient rooms to recover and bond with her baby. She said: “The Women’s Wellness and Research Center features single-patient rooms that have been purpose built to not only support the recovery process by promoting a calm and healing environment but also to encourage mother and baby bonding. Each room offers a spacious, light, and airy environment with a baby cot next to each bed and a comfortable seating area for new mothers to rest and feed their babies.” Dr Hilal al-Rifai, medical director of WWRC, said, “Ensuring every woman and her newborn receives the safest, most effective, and most compassionate care is our priority and this is of paramount importance in the delivery of each of our services. Our multidisciplinary team of highly qualified physicians, skilled nurses, and dedicated support staff work tirelessly to deliver care that is tailored to the needs of each woman to ensure she has the best possible patient experience.”To date, more than 2,000 women have been scheduled at the WWRC for various outpatient clinics, including gynae-oncology, uro-gynaecology, and well-baby clinics, as well as the Specialist Gynaecology Day Care Surgery Unit which successfully operated on its first patients last week.