Sealine Medical Clinic opens Thursday for camping season

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will open Thursday the Sealine Medical Clinic in the Sealine area of Qatar for the 2022/2023 camping season.The Sealine Medical Clinic has been operating for 13 years providing medical and ambulance services to Sealine and Khor Al Udaid campers and visitors. The clinic operates from 3pm on Thursdays until 5pm on Saturdays throughout the camping season.Ali Abdulla al-Khater, chief communications officer at HMC and project manager of the Sealine Medical Clinic, said the facility plays an important role in serving campers and visitors, as part of HMC’s commitment to provide healthcare services to the community in Qatar.Al-Khater added that the clinic is located on a main road adjacent to the Sealine beach to enable an easy access. He also extended his appreciation to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change for their continued cooperation with HMC to operate the clinic and all the respective parties for maintaining amenities and services to campers and visitors. This includes restaurants and cafes which have enabled the area to become an important tourist attraction in Qatar.Al-Khater also advised campers and visitors to Sealine to follow safety and security measures to avoid any injuries.Dr Mosallam Mosaad al-Mosallam, general practitioner at HMC and medical officer of the Sealine Medical Clinic said the facility, which would receive all medical and urgent cases, is equipped with a helipad and staffed with a doctor and a nurse."The cases vary from simple to mild including colds, stomach flu, burns and simple injuries are managed at the clinic equipped with all the medical supplies needed to treat these cases. Severe or urgent cases are transferred immediately to the hospital by ambulance or the air ambulance,” said, Dr al-Mosallam.Dr Mosallam advised all Sealine campers and visitors to take precautions while swimming and urged them to follow safety measures and traffic instructions to enjoy a safe and healthy camping season.Saleh al-Marri, executive director, Events and Emergency Preparedness at HMC’s Ambulance Service, said that Ambulance Service in the Sealine area operates 24/7 with two standard response vehicles as well as two 4x4 vehicles which are deployed for transporting patients from the sand dune areas to either the clinic, a standard ambulance vehicle, or to the helipad."HMC’s Ambulance Service will increase the number of ambulances to six, and five 4x4s during weekends and official holidays. Air ambulance helicopters, paramedics, critical care paramedics, rapid response paramedics, supervisors, liaison officers, and operations managers will also be dispatched by the Events and Emergency Preparedness Section at the Ambulance Service according to its predetermined lead and control plans for events to ensure optimum coverage in Sealine area during the camping season.”