Operated by the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), with funding from, and under the supervision of, the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, the Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital in Boutilimit, Mauritania, provided a total of 115,255 diverse medical services over one year, including general/specialised consultations, surgeries, childbirths, laboratory tests, radiology, and pharmaceutical prescriptions.
According to its annual report on the medical activities/services implemented in 2024, the hospital relied on the available resources and infrastructure, with a workforce of 91 doctors, nurses, assistants, social workers, and administrative staff.
Other highlights included the recruitment of three new specialists, some maintenance works and upgrades, and outdoor solar lighting system installations.
The hospital has four medical divisions: outpatient, inpatient, technical, and emergency.
There are 11 outpatient clinics – general medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, dermatology, general surgery, orthopedics, dental medicine, endocrinology, paediatrics, ophthalmology, and ENT (ear, nose and throat).
From January 1 to December 31, 2024, the nine-bed emergency department received 25,329 patients: 12,619 multiple emergencies, 12,377 Ob-Gyn emergencies, and 333 road traffic injuries.
Performance indicators show that the hospital managed to achieve a main goal of minimising referrals to major hospitals in Nouakchott just 94 referrals.
With its six rooms, the outpatient department offers GP (general practitioner) services during weekdays, while other specialties are available on a basis of three clinics minimum per week.
Over the past year, the department served 63,764 patients: 29,426 children, 9,492 male adults, and 24,846 female adults.
They are divided as follows: GP (40,663), general surgery (768), paediatrics (2,706), Ob-Gyn (2,157), dentistry (3,135), orthopaedics (2,156), pregnancy care (1,338), dermatology (4,414), internal medicine (2,319), ophthalmology (1,452), anaesthesia (340), ENT (1,314), and endocrinology (1,002).
Currently, the hospital has a capacity of 54 beds in four recovery departments (internal medicine, paediatrics, Ob-Gyn, and general surgery).
The reported year recorded 4,851 inpatients, with a total of 10,271 stay days. The bed occupancy rate was 53%, with an average of 2.31 stay days per patient.
As the hospital pays great attention to maternal and child health, the Ob-Gyn department supervised 1,499 births, including 304 C-sections, with a surgical intervention percentage of 20.3%.
In the department of biotechnology, which consists of three fully equipped operating rooms, lab, and medical imaging unit, 837 surgeries were performed in the specialisations of general surgery, Ob-Gyn, orthopedics, and ENT.
There were also 37,143 lab tests (average: 102 per day) and 6,794 medical images (average: 18.5 per day).
The hospital continued to provide training for the students from public health schools, with a new batch of 60 trainees received last year.
To ensure sustainability of professional capacity-building, the hospital took part in nine multidisciplinary conferences and training courses with other organisations, to enhance staff efficiency and ensure high-quality health services.
Established in 2007, the Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital is supervised and funded by the EAA Foundation, which seeks to change the world by providing education opportunities for marginalised children and youths, believing that education is the best way out of poverty, towards just and peaceful communities that unleash the full potential of every child and youth.
Education is a fundamental right for all children and one of the key pillars of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
