Qatar: Sidra sees 35% increase in international patients

Qatar: Sidra sees 35% increase in international patients

Qatar - Each year, an increasing number of patients from around the world travel to Sidra Medicine to receive medical care from world-renowned doctors.

The number of patients increase due to the well-established reputation of the hospital and excellent outcomes, said Chief Medical Officer and Director of the International Office at Sidra Medicine, Professor Ziyad M Hijazi.

“Sidra Medicine has curated a team of international healthcare experts, some of whom are considered pioneers and rank among the best in their fields worldwide. Several of our services and programmes are benchmarked against some of the top hospitals in the world. We have changed the specialist healthcare services landscape for patients in Qatar and beyond,” Prof Hijazi told The Peninsula.

“We have had patients from the GCC and MENA region as well as patients from Europe, the United States, and Asia; a large percentage of international patients were from Kuwait. We recently received two patients from Russia,” Prof. Hijazi said.

He said that initially when Sidra Medicine opened, around 50 to 60 international patients were seen annually. In 2022 some 122 international patients were treated; an increase of 35% compared to 90 patients seen in 2021.

“This year we have seen a major increase in the number