DOHA: The Acute Care Surgery Section at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) conducted more than 4,000 procedures last year, according to a senior official.
The section at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) was officially inaugurated recently under the leadership of Dr Abdulla Al Ansari, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Surgical Services, HMC.
Offering an advanced model of care, the section is responsible for the management of all urgent and emergency general surgery cases throughout HGH.
HMC also held the first Qatar Acute Care Surgery Symposium.
Designed as part of continuing education efforts for acute care surgery specialists, the symposium tackled the latest research and other developments in the field.
The symposium featured international and local experts who discussed the management of various conditions needing acute care, including gallstones in the common bile duct, abdominal sepsis, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, bleeding duodenal ulcer, abdominal wall hernia, necrotizing fasciitis (a rare infection that kills the body’s soft tissues), breast abscess and diabetic foot infections.
“Acute care surgery is an evolving specialty to ensure timely access to high-quality emergency surgical care and improve outcomes for patients with acute, non-trauma surgical conditions,” said Dr Ahmad Zarour, Head of the section at HGH.
“Acute care surgeons are highly-trained professionals with combined expertise in trauma surgery, surgical critical care and elective and emergency general surgery,” he said.
“Research indicates that having a specialised acute care surgery service as part of a healthcare system is very important in reducing patients’ risk of death and permanent disability, as this greatly improves a patient’s access to timely evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of an actual or potential emergency, provided by a multidisciplinary team of highly-trained specialists,” said Dr Zarour.
The Peninsula
