The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has designated 20 health centers out of a total of 31 to provide primary care services during the Eid al-Adha holiday from June 16 to 21.

The health centers that will be operational during the Eid holiday are Al Wakra, Al Matar, Al Mashaf, Al Thumama, Rawdat Al Khail, Omar Bin Al Khattab, Al Sadd, Labaib, Gharaffa Al Rayyan, Madinat Khalifa, Abu Bakr Al Siddiq, Al Rayyan, Mesaimeer, Muaither, Al Khor, Al Ruwais, Al Sheehaniya, West Bay, and Umm Salal. These centers will provide family medicine and supportive services continuously from 7am to 11pm, while dental services will also be available from 7am to 10pm except at West Bay and Umm Salal centers, where dental services will be unavailable. The Jameela Health Center will operate on an on-call basis 24 hours a day.

Specialty clinics will be available by pre-scheduled appointments in two shifts: morning from 7am to 2pm and evening from 4pm to 10pm. The ophthalmology, dermatology, and ENT clinics will operate daily at Labaib and Rawdat Al Khail centers.

The premarital screening clinic will operate at the Al Mashaf Health Center on Monday, Jun. 17, in the evening only from 4pm to 10pm, at the Al Rayyan Health Center on Tuesday, June 18, in the morning only from 7am to 2pm, and at the Labaib Health Center on Thursday, June 20, in the morning from 7am to 2pm.

PHCC has designated 11 health centers to operate 24/7 throughout the week to provide urgent care services. These centers are: Al Sheehaniya, Abu Bakr Al Siddiq, Al Kaaban, Gharaffa Al Rayyan, Rawdat Al Khail, Al Karaana (for adults only), Muaither, Al Ruwais, Umm Salal, Al Mashaf, and Al Sadd (for adults and children).

Additionally, PHCC said that the home delivery of medications service will not be available on Jun. 16 and 17, and will resume on June 18.

The call center (16000), which provides medical consultation services via phone, will operate 24/7 throughout the week.
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