A 200-bed field hospital with a dedicated area for COVID-19 care has opened for the workers in Industrial Area. The hospital can receive 2,000 to 3,000 patients a day.

The capacity and accesses to care has changed with the COVID-19 and this area is under lockdown. So, we had to think of ways to provide with alternative access to healthcare. There is access to a medication refill system, outpatient clinic, emergency care and observation.

The hospital has 200 staff including doctors and nurses and also an ambulance station. They will provide emergency care and to COVID-19 patients in a separate area of the hospital. All critically ill patients will be stabilized here and shifted to a general hospital.

The initiative to set up the field hospital and its operations are driven by Hamad International Training Center (HITC) part of Hamad Medical Corporation. “The entire staff at HITC volunteer to support the national efforts in combating OCVID-19. This facility is driven by HITC and supported by staff and resources from the healthcare system,” said Dr. Saifeldeen, who is also the director of HITC. The field hospital is a unique kind, and it has an emergency department, COVID-19 track to asses and do swabbing test for suspected people, a holding facility and adjoining quarantine facility.

Source : The Peninsula

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