Qatar Airways Begins Trial of Innovative IATA Travel Pass ‘Digital Passport’
Qatar Airways is proud to be the first airline in the Middle East to begin trials of the new IATA Travel Pass ‘Digital Passport’ mobile app. This is in partnership…
HIA Successfully Completes Fourth Full-Scale Emergency Exercise
Hamad International Airport (HIA) successfully completed its fourth full-scale emergency exercise, ‘Oryx Golf 2019’, conducted recently with participation from over 26 government agencies, partners and stakeholders. Participants included the following:…
Caring for Older Patients at the Latest WCM-Q Grand Rounds
The latest developments and challenges involved in providing healthcare to older patients were discussed at the latest Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) Grand Rounds. Dr Mai Mahmoud, Assistant Professor of Medicine…
1,200 Mothers Receive Post-Natal Home Care from HMC Since 2018
Since a pilot post-natal midwifery home care programme for new mothers was launched at the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) last year, more than 1,200…
WCM-Q Provides New Insights on Mortality Trends in Qatar
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) published a groundbreaking study of adult mortality trends in Qatar, giving a detailed breakdown of the leading causes of death for Qataris and non-Qataris….
HMC Performs Nine Kidney and Liver Transplants this Month
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has successfully performed six kidney and three liver transplant operations at Hamad General Hospital this month. The organs, which saved the lives of nine patients, were…
WCM-Q Symposium Explores Alternative Medicine in Qatar
The regulation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Qatar was discussed during the latest instalment of Law and Medicine Series at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). The symposium brought together…
WCM-Q Study Probes Link Between Diabetes and Breast Cancer
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) explored the links between Type 2 Diabetes and breast cancer in a new paper published in leading scientific journal, Cancer Treatment Reviews. The researchers, led…
WCM-Q Study Probes Risk Factors Associated with Diabetes Complications
A study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has shed new light on the relationship between diabetes risk factors and microvascular complications that can lead to blindness, kidney failure,…
IRC President and CEO David Miliband to Speak at WISH 2018
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) announced that David Miliband is going to be a keynote speaker at the forthcoming global gathering in Doha on 13-14 November. WISH is…