HMC emergency, trauma services continue offering lifesaving care
05 May 2021 - 8:46
By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the main healthcare provider in the country, has ensured that all the healthcare services including medical emergencies continue in a safe environment despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic.
Doctors and nurses across HMC trauma and emergency departments continue to offer lifesaving care to all people with medical emergencies. The Ambulance Services are safely transporting patients with medical emergencies. Also, walk-in patients are received and are triaged by the nursing team and guided to appropriate area and level of care.
A separate area is designed and dedicated to care of patients suspected of COVID-19 and it helps in patients getting the appropriate care by physicians and nurses, said Dr. Mohammad Shuaib Afzal, Assistant Chief, Emergency Department at Hamad General Hospital.