Tribune News Network
Doha
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday launched an online portal for medical relations and treatment abroad. This upgrades the level of medical relations and treatment services abroad according to the highest standards and best practices in this field. This is alsoin line with the Third Qatar National Development Strategyaimed at provide a high-quality of life for all.
Through the electronic portal, many services are provided, most notably: follow-up of treatment approvals abroad, coverage of treatment for a patient abroad, compensation for treatment expenses abroad or submitting a grievance against the decision of the treatment committee abroad. Requests submitted through the portal can include: adding companions, upgrading tickets, changing the destination country of treatment, in addition to issuing books related to treatment abroad, while also allowing follow-up on the status of the request and its decisions.
Dr Ghalia Mohamed Al Harami, director of the Medical Relations and Abroad Treatment Department at MoPH, said: "The launch of the portal comes within the framework of the ministry’s keenness to facilitate and streamline procedures for citizens in line with the state’s efforts towards providing electronic services in a way that serves the citizen’s right to obtain high-quality healthcare locally and abroad, as the state has provided treatment services abroad to citizens free of charge.”
MoPH Information Systems Department Director Samira Bashraheel said, "The electronic portal has been developed to contribute to providing medical relations and treatment services abroad easily and efficiently, as part of the ministry’s keenness to apply the latest technologies to serve citizens and provide services more effectively, which contributes to achieving the main objectives of the MoPH and Qatar Vision 2030.”
The portal is available through the MoPH website or via the electronic link https://mrta.moph.gov.qa