HMC’s surgery department opens new advanced wound care units

HMC’s surgery department opens new advanced wound care units

The Surgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) opened, in January, two new advanced wound 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 Mohamed al-Akkad, deputy chair of the Surgery Department at HMC, said the Advanced Wound Care Section, which is supervised by the department, 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 specialised 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 care patients require