Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 16
| Issue 3
| Hamad Medical Corporation
A Quest for Excellence
HMC has undergone enormous
transformations in recent decades
and is currently undertaking the
largest phase of expansion in its
history, one which will deliver five
new hospitals in the space of less
than two years.
In the last 15 years Qatar’s
population has increased from
740,000 to more than 2.5 million.
This population increase has meant
HMC has been on a continual
journey of expansion in order to
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meet demand, adding numerous
hospitals as well as expanding its
national ambulance service, mental
health services, and home and
residential care.
Since 2011 HMC has opened
four new hospitals: Heart Hospital
(2011), Al Wakra Hospital, The
Cuban Hospital (2012) and the
Communicable Diseases Center
(2016). Initial services have now
commenced in three new hospitals
in HMC’s Doha campus: Qatar
Rehabilitation Institute, Women’s
Wellness and Research Center,
and Ambulatory Care Center, and
over the coming months the range
of services operating out of these
facilities will expand significantly.
In the near future, HMC will also
open a dedicated hospital for single
male workers, a new trauma and
emergency facility, and a simulation-
training centre.