HMC surgery department opens two wound advanced care units – The Peninsula

HMC surgery department opens two wound advanced care units – The Peninsula

Doha: The Surgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) opened, in January, two new wound advanced care units at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) and Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH). The two units have been furnished with state-of-the-art equipment and manned with highly qualified surgeons.

Dr Mohammed Al Akkad, Deputy Chair of Surgery Dept. at HMC, stated that the Advanced Wound Care Section, which is supervised by the Surgery Dept, had been established in accordance with the directives of HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, to cope with the sharp increase in population and meet the rising demand for wound care services prompted by traumas and injuries connected with road traffic accidents, and the rise in prevalence of podiatric wounds amongst the diabetic population in Qatar. The need for advanced wound service is also consistent with the diversity and complexity of orthopaedic and urgent surgery wounds that require specialized care.

“The new section is deemed as a key milestone development in the field of advanced care of complex wounds, where patients treatment plans are initiated and administered by a multidisciplinary team from various specialties such as general, vascular, dermatologic, endocrine, surgeries and diabetic foot under one roof. Advanced wound