Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced operating hours for the Eid Al Fitr holidays. All emergency and inpatient services across HMC’s network of hospitals will operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
“Our outpatient departments will close for Eid, but clinical teams across our hospitals will continue to provide the highest levels of patient care in our emergency departments and across many essential services throughout the holiday period,” said Ali Abdullah Al Khater, HMC Chief Communications Officer at HMC.
HMC’s main emergency departments at Hamad General Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital, The Cuban Hospital and Al Khor Hospital will all remain open 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Heart Hospital’s Emergency Department (for cardiac patients only), the National Center for Cancer Care and Research’s (NCCCR) Urgent Care Center (for patients with symptoms associated with ongoing cancer treatments) and the Women’s Wellness and Research Center’s Emergency Department (for obstetrical or gynaecological emergencies) will also operate as per normal timings.
Dialysis services will also operate as per normal timings, as will paediatric emergency centres, which will remain open 24-hours a day, seven days a week for medical emergencies involving patients under the age of 14 years.
The majority of outpatient departments (OPD) will be closed from Sunday, June 2 and will reopen on Sunday, June 9. When OPD clinics are open, they will be supported by administrative and clinical support services, including pharmacies. Outpatient clinics at NCCCR will be closed from June 2 until June 6 and a limited number of clinics will open from 10 am to 12 noon on June 2, 3, and 6 for patients with urgent medical needs. The NCCCR’s Radiotherapy Unit will remain open during its regular hours of 7 am to 3 pm, Sunday to Thursday. The Day Care Unit will be closed on June 4 and 5.
The Heart Hospital’s non-invasive OPD services will be open on June 2 and 3 but closed from June 4 to 6. The Communicable Diseases Center will operate morning clinics from 8 am to 12 noon on June 5 and 6 and evening clinics from 3.30 pm to 7.30 pm on June 2, 3, and 5. Al Khor Hospital will reopen all outpatient clinics on June 11.