The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) received 7,876 patients comprising Qataris and non-Qataris at 20 of its 31 health centers during the Qatar National Day (QND) holiday on December 18 and 19, a statement said on Thursday.
The total number includes all 5,263 patients received from general and family medicine clinics, while public dental clinics received 337. This number also included 1,642 patients received in 'urgent case units' in 10 health centers: Abu Baker Al Siddiq, Al Ruwais, Al Shihaniya, Al Kaaban, Gharrafat Al Rayyan, Rawdat Al Khail, Muaither, Umm Slal, Al Mashaf, and Al Sadd.
PHCC also provided a number of specialised clinic services, including those for the eye, ear, nose and throat (ENT), dermatology, and the premarital examination clinic, in addition to pharmaceutical, radiology and laboratory services during the QND holiday.
The eye clinic received 79 patients, the ENT clinic received 73, and the dermatology clinic received 65 patients at Leabaib and Rawdat Al Khail health centers, while one visit was recorded at the premarital screening clinic at Leabaib and Al Mashaf health centers.
PHCC’s Community Call Center provided 255 virtual medical consultations to patients who had contacted the 16000 service line without prior appointment. Such consultation helps patients classified as urgent to receive necessary medical care and any prescriptions for medications they need through a specialist doctor, the statement added.
