(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: A unique collaboration between specialist multidisciplinary healthcare teams in geriatric medicine, internal medicine, medical intensive care units (MICU) across Rumailah Hospital and Hamad General Hospital has led to the co-creation of Qatar's first Acute Weaning Unit. The new therapeutic service is dedicated to liberating patients from mechanical ventilation and enabling them to breathe normally and thereby gain more independence. The state-of-the-art unit was formally opened in the presence of the Minister of Public Health, H E Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari and senior leaders from HMC and Rumailah Hospital. 'Rumailah Hospital is Qatar's longest running hospital and is exemplary in how it keeps developing and expanding its services to provide specialist care to patients. The Acute Weaning Unit marks a new achievement for Rumailah Hospital during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, complementing the numerous other specialist services established there over the past year. This unit has and will continue to enable patients who post health crisis such as strokes or infections to return to normal life. It is also a testimony to the strength of the clinical leadership teams across HMC who have never wavered in their efforts to help protect and care for their patients, said Dr. Al Kuwari.