QNA

Doha

The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has announced that its 20 health centres that were operating during Eid Al fitr received over 32,000 visitors during the holiday period from April 19-27.

PHCC said that the clinics of general and family medicines had a substantial number of visitors numbering 21,754 , while general dental clinics received 1,378 visitors. Moreover, PHCC added that it had provided a range of services of specialized clinics, including optometry services, nose, ear, and throat, dermatology, and premarital examination, in addition to pharmaceutical, x-ray and laboratory services.

In addition, the PHCC’s Community Call Center provided 1,014 virtual medical consultations for visitors who communicated with the corporation without a prior appointment via the service line 16000, since such type of consultations offer fast access to patients whose medical conditions are urgent and require necessary health care, including prescribing medications patients swiftly need through a professional physician.

The PHCC also continued to provide vaccination services against COVID-19 virus in its health centers that had been working in shifts during this period.

All health centers that had been working in shifts were keen to receive visitors and fulfill their needs in a timely fashion avoiding patients’ waiting for long time.

It pointed out that fulfilling visitors’ needs is one of the top priorities the PHCC strives to achieve, as one of the critical pillars of National Health Strategy in consistent with Qatar National Vision 2030.