Healthcare
How Screen Time May Be Contributing to Dry Eye
Staring at screens for long periods of time can impact your eye health. Experts advise people to be more mindful of this as COVID-19 has forced us inside where people are watching more TV and looking at their phones more often. What causes dry eye There’s no uniform cause for [...]
Virtual Consultations For Pregnant Women And Breastfeeding Mothers
Women’s Wellness and Research Centre (WWRC) will hold virtual training for breastfeeding and telephone consultations for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers for three days from today to observe World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2020 and in compliance with infection control measures against the spread of Covid-19. WWRC, which is a centre [...]
Timings For Receiving Birth Registration Forms
Is your child born in Qatar? If yes, you will need to register for a birth certificate through Ministry of Public Health in order to acquire identification documents. Read on to know the procedures of issuing a birth certificate here in Qatar. Who can register? The Ministry of Public Health [...]
PHCC Reiterates Dangers Of Smoking Amid Pandemic
The Primary Health Care Centre has reiterated the harmful effects of smoking during the Covid-19 pandemic in the light of preliminary and ongoing research that suggests that all tobacco use could result in life threatening complications for smokers who become infected. Dr Mohamed al-Otaibi, senior family medicine consultant at PHCC’s [...]
Positive Mindset Can Aid Covid-19 Recovery: PHCC
A positive mindset can help improve the health and well-being of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) patients, advises Sarah Belouidiane, a senior psychologist at Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC). Covid-19 patients are inclined to suffer from depression once they learn they are infected, as they expect to be socially isolated and deprived [...]
When Is It Safe to Be Around Someone Who’s Recovered from COVID-19?
It’s a question being asked in homes across the world: When is it safe again to be near someone who’s had COVID-19? Like other infectious diseases, recovery time can vary from person to person, but experts recommend people follow the guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]