Qatar, under its ambitious plan of providing the most advanced healthcare facilities to all of its citizens and residents, is fast implementing health projects and the opening of Al Waab Health Center is another accomplishment in this direction.
The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has already opened and operated two health centers in the first half of this year, namely Al Wajba and Muaither Health Centers.
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani inaugurated the Primary Health Care Corporation’s (PHCC) new health center in Al Waab the other day.
The new health center is part of the country’s biggest healthcare facility expansion projects. PHCC will open another health center in Qatar University soon.
The opening of the center confirms PHCC’s commitment to the geographical expansion process and its keenness to facilitate access to health services for all patients.
With the inauguration of new facility, the number of PHCC health centers has increased to 26. This health center has the capacity to cater to 35,000 patients. A total of 8,000 persons from neighbouring areas have already registered with the new health center since the beginning of this month.
Al Waab Health Center is located in a populated area and will provide a list of comprehensive healthcare services, which will help in reducing the burden on neighbouring facilities.
The Al Waab Health Center is staffed with 20 physicians in different specialties, 40 nurses, seven dentists, 10 lab technicians, eight pharmacy staff and others. The services include Women Wellness Clinic, Maternity and Postnatal clinic, Well Baby clinic, periodic immunisation for children, physiotherapy, dentistry, optometry and several others.
In addition to the comprehensive services, the health center will be running a family medicine model, which has been newly introduced by the PHCC to provide a patient-centered approach.
At the opening of Al Waab Health Center, Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, affirmed the State’s keenness to provide the best healthcare services to the population and that in view of the great progress achieved in the health system, the hard work will continue to achieve the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030.
The Minister said that the opening of the Al Waab Health Center is part of the large expansion plans in the health facilities, which include the opening of primary health care centers in different parts of the country.
The opening of Al Waab Health Center will reduce the pressure on the surrounding health centers, which leads to upgrading the services provided.
