HMC honours social workers for efforts during pandemic – The Peninsula Qatar

HMC honours social workers for efforts during pandemic – The Peninsula Qatar

Dr. Suad Al Hamad

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) organised a special event to honour the leadership and staff of the Department of Social Services at all HMC facilities for the extraordinary efforts they made to serve patients and their family members, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event, held recently at the Millennium Hotel, was attended by Mahmoud Saleh Al Raisi, Chief of Continuing Care Group at Hamad Medical Corporation, and Dr. Suad Suaidan Al Hamad, Executive Director of HMC’s Department of Social Services, and a number of officials and staff from the department.

Dr. Suad Al Hamad stressed the importance of social work in extending social and psychological support to patients as well as access to therapeutic services at all points of care facilitated by the corporation’s social workers. This role is underpinned by improving patients' quality of life enabling them to access to healthcare services they need”.

“The Department of Social Services works hand in hand with multidisciplinary teams to create a healing environment for patients through social work research whereby patients get the help they need to overcome various challenges, particularly those associated with their ailments and their surrounding conditions,” she said.

“Due to the advancement of healthcare services and the