Qatar to offer enhanced health services for women
Qatar-based Sidra Medicine, which is a member of Qatar Foundation, has announced that it is launching an exciting range of new women’s services this year – a move that will support the development of women’s health services in Qatar
Sidra Medicine will expand its postpartum unit with new deluxe rooms and suites, start operating outpatient evening clinics for obstetrics and gynaecology services, and offer cervical screenings. It will also launch a state-of-the-art IVF facility; open a Women’s Adult Pain Clinic; and continue its technological advances in minimally invasive gynaecology surgery.
“We are incredibly proud of the journey our Women’s Services programme has embarked on and what we have achieved since opening our main hospital in 2018,” said Dr Abdulla Al Kaabi, Chief Medical Officer at Sidra Medicine. “In only two years, we have expanded from maternity, gynaecology and maternal-foetal medicine to include a robust line up that covers a wider spectrum of services covering reproductive, as well as maternal child health. We also work closely with other clinics including perinatal mental health services, social workers, physiotherapy and adult anaesthesiology.”
The organisation’s new Cervical Screening Clinic will help detect abnormalities and identify the need for treatment. Services include Pap tests, which check for cell changes in the cervix caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
In addition to this, Sidra Medicine is also actively working on several clinical research programmes aimed at improving maternal and women’s health, as part of its precision medicine programme. For example, the Maternal and Child Health research at Sidra Medicine is aligned with Qatar’s National Health Strategy 2018-2022.
“Being under the strong banner of Qatar Foundation, Sidra Medicine has proven itself as a pioneer in its field by using the latest technology and best practice techniques, to provide the highest levels of healthcare for the women of Qatar. And this would not have been possible without the support of our multidisciplinary team of employees, partners in the healthcare sector and our ongoing commitment to providing safe, quality care,” said Dr Michel Makhlouf, Acting Executive Chair of Women’s Services at Sidra Medicine.