Hamad Medical Corporation has announced operating hours for its
hospitals during the Eid Al-Fitr holidays as follows, the Qatar News Agency has reported:
Hamad General Hospital’s (HGH) Outpatient Department (OPD) clinics and
pharmacy will be closed from 16 to 20 July and will reopen on 21 July.
Patients already booked for some clinics will be
contacted individually to confirm their appointments, and those clinics
will operate from 7 am to 3 pm. The OPD pharmacy will be open when any of the clinics are open. The laboratory, radiology, and other diagnostics
services will have coverage daily. The HGH’s Medical Records
Department will remain open 24x7.
Al Wakra Hospital’s (AWH's) outpatient clinics and pharmacy (including the women’s pharmacy) will be closed on 16 to 19 July. Some outpatient
clinics (morning and evening) will resume on 20 to 23 July from 7 am to 3
pm. The hospital’s main outpatient pharmacy will be open
from 20 to 23 July from 7 am to 3 pm. Normal operations resume on 26
July.
AWH’s Emergency Department will
remain open. The labor room, neonatal intensive
care unit and pediatric intensive care unit will continue to operate
fully while the Pediatric outpatient department (OPD) will tentatively open from 20 to 23 July. The Obstetrics/Gynecology OPD will be open on 22 and 23 July
while its emergency section will run as usual. Operating theaters will
be available for emergency elective surgeries after the Eid holidays.
The Women’s Hospital’s OPD clinics will operate from 9 am to 1 pm from
19 to 23 July. The hospital’s pharmacy will operate as usual 24 hours
throughout the holidays.
The Cuban Hospital’s (TCH) OPD clinics and pharmacy will be closed
from 16 to 19 July and will reopen on 20 July. Patients booked for selected outpatient clinics will be contacted individually to
confirm their appointments. The OPD pharmacy will be open when any
clinics are open.
TCH’s Emergency Department including the pharmacy will remain open
24x7 including for the dispensing of urgent prescription refills. After hours only
emergency dental work and temporary fillings will be handled. Operating theaters will be
available for emergency cases over the holidays.
Al Khor Hospital’s OPD clinics will be closed throughout the Eid
break. The Accident and Emergency Department Pharmacy will be open 24
hours. All urgent cases, including medications refill, during this
period should proceed directly to the Emergency units.
Heart Hospital’s OPD will be closed from 17 to 25 July. It
will resume operations on 26 July from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm. However, The OPD will operate two consultation clinics and one warfarin clinic on 22 and 23
July.
At Rumailah Hospital, the Dermatology Clinic will open only on 19 and 20 July from 9 am to 12
noon. The Communicable Diseases clinics will operate throughout the
break every Sunday to Thursday from 7 am to 3 pm. The Dentistry Clinic
will be open only on 21, 22 and 23 July from 8 am to 2 pm.
The Psychiatry Department’s OPD clinics will be closed throughout
the Eid break. The clinics will resume on 20 to 23 July from 7 am to 3
pm. The Community Mental Health Services adult outreach will operate as
usual from 7 am to 3 pm and old age outreach services will function as
usual.
Most of the services in the National Center for Cancer Care and Research will run as usual during the Eid holidays. The Day Care Unit will be closed on 18 and 19 July while the OPD will be
closed on 19 and 20 July. The Urgent Care Unit will operate 24x7.
The Referral and Booking Management System and the Hamad Patient
Contact Center will continue to remind patients of appointments by phone and text message.