New ambulatory dialysis unit officially opens at Muaither Health Center

Doha, Qatar: A new eight bed ambulatory dialysis unit was opened at Muaither Health Center as part of a joint initiative between Hamad Medical Corpora...

Doha, Qatar: A new eight-bed ambulatory dialysis unit was opened at Muaither Health Center as part of a joint initiative between Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) to bring life-changing services closer to patients.

The Muaither unit was officially opened by Ali Al Janahi, Acting Assistant Managing Director of Hamad Medical Corporation; Dr. Abdulla Al Ansari, Chief Medical Officer of HMC; Dr. Mariam Alabdulmalik, Managing Director of Primary Health Care Corporation, along with other dignitaries on May 9, 2024.

Dialysis is a life-saving procedure for patients whose kidneys are not working properly, in which excess water and waste products are removed from the body. In hemodialysis, blood is drawn out through a tube in the patient’s arm into a special machine which filters the blood and pumps it back into the body. 

Dr. Hassan Al Malki, Head of Nephrology at HMC said kidney disease can affect people of any age, gender and race and it is estimated that one in 10 people in Qatar have some kind of kidney impairment.