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Hamad General Hospital extends a highly specialized care to all the people of
Qatar through a modern and well-equipped facility at Rayyan Road. The hospital
opened in 1982 and has a total of 621 beds for inpatient care, a large
outpatient department providing 65 specialty clinics, an Accident and Emergency
Department, five intensive care units, eight operating theaters, and a
pharmacy. Modern diagnostic facilities consisting of Department of Laboratory
Medicine and Pathology and a Department of Radiology support all therapeutic
services. Continuous upgrading of all equipment and protocols of care has kept
Hamad General abreast of new developments in all specialties.
The steady rise in the number of patients seeking care at Hamad General
Hospital has stimulated the expansion of services to meet the demand. Demand
for specialized care is the result of continuous population growth.
Hamad General Hospital is one of three hospitals managed by Hamad Medical
Corporation (HMC), the only health care corporation in the state. The other
hospitals are Rumailah Hospital, refurbished in 1977 and Women’s Hospital,
opened in 1988.
Hamad General Hospital is located at Rayyan Road in the capital city of Doha
and is physically connected to Women’s Hospital and by an access road to
Rumailah Hospital.
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