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  HMC establishes Close coordination with Hiedelberg University of Germany in the fields of Early Detection of Newborn Genetic Disorders and Heart diseases researches.

  Work is afoot in the preparation of BMT Unit in Al Amal Oncology Hospital.
Aiming at the enhancement of the services provided to the patients and customers, HMC is currently embarked on the implementation of a number of development projects and programs. Engineer Ahmed Abdullah Al Mazroui, the Director of Projects and Management Systems Department classified these projects and programs to the Health Magazine as follows:

  Construction Projects:

1. Southern Area Hospital (Al Wakrah Hospital):
 A general Hospital, with the capacity of (280) beds. Comprising a basement to six floors building and multi story car parking. Intended to provide specialized medical, emergency and therapeutic services for the inhabitants of the Southern Area and the Second Industrial Area, and alleviate the burden from Doha hospitals.

2. Western Area Hospital (Dukhan Hospital):
A two-story building designed to secure medical and therapeutic services for the inhabitants of Dukhan Area, Al Jumailya and the surrounding areas. It has a capacity of (54) beds to be raised to (100) beds in the near future.
 
3. Cardiology Hospital:
A basement to three floors building within Rumaillah complex. It is currently under construction. It composes three (3) Operating Theaters, Intensive Care Units, Cardiac Catheterization Lab., Inpatient Section, Outpatient Clinics and Emergency Unit. 

4. A two floor Pediatric Emergency Center & Hemodialysis Unit,
 in Al Khor Hospital, with the capacity of (12) beds for pediatric emergency and (30) beds for Hemodialysis.

5. Q-tel Kidney Dialysis Center:
A three story Renal Dialysis Center, with a total cost of QR. 20mn, and with the capacity of (40) kidney dialysis units for male patients and a similar number of dialysis units for female patients.
 
6. Hamad International Training Center
 in Rumaillah Hospital, equipped with the latest audio-visual means of technologies and comprising four (4) lectures rooms , an auditorium with the capacity of (100) seats, an anatomy laboratory and (4) offices.

7. Medical Training Center-HGH,
 comprising: a multi-purpose room, a conference room with the capacity of (309) seats, a lab. and a computer library. The Center shall provide, in cooperation with Weil Cornell Medical CollegeQatar, high standards of theoretical and practical training for medicine students of Weil Cornell Medical College-Qatar.

8. Medical Training Center West Bay:
Designed to be used during the15th Doha Asian Games (DAGOC) and then be redesigned, after the termination of the events, to become a permanent training center for HMCصs medical staff.
 
  Development Programs:

 a. Currently Under Construction:
1. Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Al Amal Hospital:
Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) is currently being established, in close cooperation with the renowned University of Heidelberg Clinics of Germany, at Al Amal Oncology Center. It is intended to treat patents with special oncology disease and to perform Autologous and Allogennic BMT as therapeutic measurements for patients suffering from leukemia disease.

2. Neonatal Diseases Early Detection Program:
The program is conducted in close collaboration between HMC and the University of Heidelberg Clinics of Germany since the year 2003.

3. Metabolic Disorders Laboratory:
The establishment of a neonatal early disease detection program promptly meets HMC requirements to locally secure such investigations in addition to supporting training and medical researches.
 
b. Future Projects:

1. Medical Researches Programs for Pediatric Diseases.
2. Drug Information System.
3. Visiting Doctors Program. c. New Projects:
4. Early Detection of Genetic Disorders Program:
HMC has implemented, in cooperation with UCH, a new neonatal early metabolic detection technology through two programs:
  Sickle Cell Disease
  Homocystinurea