Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) announced on Twitter that the Al Wakra Emergency Department will be closed from tomorrow midnight.
"As part of the healthcare sector’s measures to boost hospital capacity and meet increasing demand due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, Al Wakra Hospital has been designated as a facility to care for COVID-19 patients," HMC said in a tweet.
HMC also added that due to this, Al Wakra Hospital’s Emergency Department will be closed. This decision will be effective from midnight Friday, April 2.
In the same tweet, HMC also mentioned that "people in Al Wakra and other parts of Qatar requiring urgent and emergency medical services should select one of the following alternatives:"
• For urgent but non-life-threatening conditions call HMC’s Urgent Consultation Service on 16000 from 7am to 3pm, seven days a week.
• For life-threatening medical emergencies requiring immediate transfer to an emergency department call 999
Hamad General Hospital’s Trauma and Emergency Department in Doha remains fully operational 24/7 for serious medical emergencies.
Visit one of the eight Urgent Care Centers across Qatar run by Primary Health Care Corporation providing care for urgent but non-life-threatening conditions.
