As many as 2,223 cases were received by the Emergency Departments at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), it has been revealed.
According to local Arabic daily Arrayah the numbers included Hamad General Hospital and Al Wakrah Hospital, in addition to the Paediatric emergency departments at Al Sadd, Al Rayyan, Al Matar, Al Daayan and Al Shamal.
In this regard, Dr Zainab Abdulmuhsin, the emergency consultant at Hamad General Hospital, said that the department there received 565 patients, including 206 women. 32 were admitted at the hospital for treatment, with 28 stable cases and the remaining being treated for different serious medical conditions, reports Gulf Times.
Meanwhile, Dr Mohamed al-Amari, deputy director of HMC Pediatric Emergency Department, stated that Al Sadd Paediatric Department received 774 children.
This included a child who nearly drowned in a swimming pool, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and became stable soon.
Credit: Qatar day
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