Nation Monday, February 18, 2019 19 Integrated mental health HMC’s Residential Care Compound service at offers long-term services to patients Tribune News Network Health Center from Feb 19 Seventy-five patients at Hamad Medical Corpora- PHCC launches ‘Support Clinics’ in health centres at Leabaib, tion’s (HMC) Residential Care Compound are benefit- Rawdat Al Khail, Al Thumama, Al Wajbah and University ing from individualised care designed to help them inte- Tribune News Network The Integrated Mental 500 of its clinical staff and grate back into the commu- Doha Health Service will accept 1,800 nurses during the past nity. internal referrals from Al periods to have full aware- The community-based The Primary Health Care ness and clinical proficiency compound, which is man- Corporation (PHCC) has Thumama, Airport, Umm to identify and diagnose aged by Rumailah Hospital, launched ‘Integrated Mental Ghuwailina, Al Wakra, and symptoms and manage the is the first facility of its kind Health Service’, a new com- Mesaimeer health centres common mental issues such in the region offering around munity service starting at Al in the initial stage as anxiety depression and the clock specialist care to pa- Thumama Health Center on mental health diseases. tients who have cognitive and HMC’s Residential Care Compound was designed for patients in need of long-term care after being February 19, as a pilot project PHCC also launched its physical disabilities but do discharged from the hospital. that will be gradually avail- internal referrals from Al ‘Support Clinic’ in five health not require hospitalisation. able at other health centres. Thumama, Airport, Umm centres at Leabaib, Rawdat Al “Our patients, whom we seven single bedrooms and launched in 2011, 185 pa- The project comes as an Ghuwailina, Al Wakra, and Khail, Al Thumama, Al Wa- refer to as ‘residents’, require is staffed 24-hours a day by tients have been cared for at integrated collaborative work Mesaimeer health centres in jbah and Qatar University. long-term support due to nursing teams. the facility. among several governmental the initial stage. This was achieved by a collab- injury, disability or chronic He said a full roster of ac- He said the specialised entities under the ‘Better To- Research conducted orative work among several disease but they do not need tivities is planned for patients compound provides an im- gether’ initiative. worldwide during the past 30 community entities under the acute hospital care. This spe- to support and promote men- portant service for patients This also serves one of the years indicates there is a huge ‘Better Together’ initiative. cialised facility is designed for tal and physical well-being. who would have otherwise aims of the National Health increase of mental health is- The mental health ser- those who need support and Dr Darwish added that the remained in hospital. Strategy that the primary sues among children and vices at health centres ‘Sup- assistance with the general families of patients are en- According to Dr Darwish, care in Qatar must provide 20 youth groups such as anxiety, port Clinic’ include the activities of daily living. The couraged to visit and to play a the goal of each patient’s percent of the mental health depression, eating disorder early diagnose and clini- majority of our patients are in major role in their loved one’s treatment plan is to help services currently provided in and self-harm. cal checkup via skilled and need of long-term rehabilita- Dr Abdul Aziz Darwish, medical recuperation. them learn ways to overcome hospitals by 2020. Over 70 percent of chil- highly trained physicians tion and recovery before they director, Rumailah Hospital and “Each villa has a commu- the effects of their injury. The new service aims to dren and youth are suffering who identify and evaluate re-integrate into the com- Qatar Rehabilitation Institute. nal living and dining area, “Because all our residents provide full mental health from mental health issues be- the level of mental cases be- munity,” said Dr Abdul Aziz a kitchen (for the prepara- have some form of disability, services such as diagnosing cause of lack of medical inter- tween light to medium, and Darwish, Medical Director of munity-based compound was tion of tea and snacks), and they need training, education and preparing full treatment vention at early age. all physicians can identify Rumailah Hospital and Qatar initially established as part of laundry facilities. There is and support in order to re- plans and follow-up plans for PHCC focuses on provid- the common mental health Rehabilitation Institute. efforts to free up hospital beds. also a community clubhouse integrate back into the com- patients who were referred ing this service via 27 health symptoms and provide con- The facility, which con- “This community-based with an adjacent swimming munity. We have designed earlier to Hamad Medical centres covering all demo- sultations for it and even sists of 13 single story villas, service was launched as part pool. We plan a number of this facility as a community- Corporation’s (HMC) Psychi- graphic distribution in Qa- make required internal re- was designed for patients who of the Corporation-wide plan activities each week in order style residential living envi- atry Hospital. tar. PHCC provide integrated ferrals to the Support Clin- could be safely discharged to ensure hospital beds are to keep our residents engaged ronment in order to encour- The service features in- non-urgent mental health ics and issue prescriptions. from hospital but still needed available for patients who re- and to promote good mental age our patients to challenge tegrated mental care and services to patients with light It is worth mentioning long-term care and support. quire acute care and also to health and well-being. We themselves and embrace life- improved patient experience to medium mental health that PHCC recorded 332,444 It provides adult patients with help provide the right level of offer social activities, group style changes in a safe and and clinical results. It will cases. patients visits in 2018 com- a home-like setting where care to our long-term patients therapies and family engage- supportive setting. Our goal lead to a reduced appoint- PHCC is always keen on pared with 18,633 in 2017. they can receive professional who are living with disabili- ment programmes,” Dr Dar- is to help our patients achieve ment waiting time in second- providing a patient-focused This number included healthcare tailored to their ties,” said Dr Darwish. wish noted. their full potential on their ary care. service. Therefore, PHCC 180,094 females (54%) and needs. He explained that each He said since the Resi- journey to transitioning back The service will accept provided training for over 152,350 males (46%). Dr Darwish said the com- villa has between five and dential Care Compound was home,” Dr Darwish added. New UCL Qatar project for teachers Labour issues in Arab brings history of Qatari homes to life Spring core of GU-Q lecture tomorrow Tribune News Network Doha Tribune News Network Doha As part of ‘Qatar Museums Origins of Doha and Qatar’ GEORGETOWN University in project, UCL Qatar has devel- Qatar is hosting the Donald J. oped an innovative presenta- McLachlan Professor of His- tion to support school teach- tory at Stanford University Dr ers in teaching the history of Joel Beinin for a Distinguished Qatari homes. Faculty Lecture Series titled Throughout the 2018-19 ‘Workers Movements and the school year, UCL Qatar aims Arab Popular Uprisings of 2011’. to reach thousands of students The event, which is open to the between the ages of 6 and 11, public, will be held on the uni- developing their knowledge of versity’s Education City campus Dr Joel Beinin. the history of Qatari traditions on the evening of Tuesday. and the main architectural Dr Beinin’s research and ing experts to speak to a Doha features of homes in the 1930s writing focus has been on the audience, he said: “This event is and 40s. culture, politics, economics, and a wonderful opportunity for our The Origins of Doha and The available school mate- at King’s College Doha, was society of the Middle East and students and faculty, as well as Qatar project, which these pleased with the impact it had on US policy in the region. His the wider community, to engage materials form part of, is rials include: a children’s on children. “I found that chil- lecture will draw on his most with a leading thinker like Dr funded by the Qatar National presentation titled dren’s knowledge was broad- recent publication by a similar Beinin, and on a topic that has a Research Fund’s National ‘Traditional Qatari Homes’, ened because of the additional title, ‘Workers and Thieves: La- real impact for the region.” Priorities Research Program a teacher’s pack which information provided in the bor Movements and Popular Beinin has written or edited (NPRP), and draws on archae- includes a teacher’s pres- pack. There was a significant Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt’, 11 books, including among oth- ology, history and geography development in their interest where he argues that decades ers Social Movements, Mobili- to depict the historical devel- entation, and lesson towards Qatar History les- of labour and unemployment zation, and Contestation in the opment of Qatar. The materi- plans. They are now avail- sons and they started to look issues played significant roles Middle East and North Africa, als are designed to be used by able for school teachers to forward to the weekly lessons. in the 2011 uprisings and their 2nd edition (Stanford Univer- teachers to support the cur- download from the UCL I would recommend this pack outcomes. sity Press, 2013) co-edited with ricula approved by the Minis- Qatar website to all teachers,” she said. Remarking on the upcom- Frédéric Vairel; and The Strug- try of Education and Higher UCL Qatar’s contribution ing lecture, the dean of GU-Q Dr gle for Worker Rights in Egypt Education. to the Origins of Doha and Ahmad Dallal said: “Joel Beinin (Solidarity Center, 2010). The available school ma- Qatar research project, and Qatar research project forms is a prominent historian on the His articles have been pub- terials include a children’s Mariam al Thani, a UCL Qatar part of the university’s broad- Middle East. He brings critical lished in leading scholarly jour- presentation titled ‘Tradition- alumna, who holds a UCL Qa- tion’s Education Development project. It has offered me the er work in Qatar to increase historical context to inform our nals in English and French as al Qatari Homes’, a teacher’s tar master’s degree in Archae- Institute by Mariam al Thani opportunity to become part awareness in the rich archaeo- contemporary understanding well as South Atlantic Quarterly, pack which includes a teach- ology of the Arab and Islamic during a workshop recently. of the team that’s making in- logical and architectural his- of the turbulent forces at play Socialist Register, Carnegie Pa- er’s presentation, and lesson World. The workshop was attended roads in preserving, recording tory in the region, feeding into across political and social land- pers, The Nation, Le Monde plans. The tools were pro- The materials are now by teachers from the Institute, and safeguarding Qatar’s his- the knowledge-based econo- scapes in the Middle East.” Diplomatique, Middle East Re- duced through a collaboration available for school teachers representing more than 800 tory for generations to come.” my of the country. Associate professor of his- port, and The Los Angeles Re- between the outreach team at to download from the UCL students. The teachers’ pack has also The resources are availa- tory at GU-Q Dr Abdullah al view of Books. UCL Qatar, Professor Robert Qatar website. They have al- Mariam said: “I feel privi- been well-received by private ble on the UCL Qatar website Arian will serve as moderator The Distinguished Faculty Carter, principal investigator ready been downloaded and leged to be able to work on institution teachers. Beata to download in English and during the lecture. Reflecting on Lecture begins at 6pm, and is of the Origins of Doha and presented to Qatar Founda- the Origins of Doha and Qatar Sulzycka, year four teacher Arabic. the importance of bringing lead- free and open to the public.

Architect Jaidah shares insights into Qatari interior design at VCUarts Qatar

Tribune News Network Dividing interiors into conditioning led to open Doha three categories of private courtyards being glassed in, (houses), semi-public (ma- but with the addition of a ceil- Arab Engineering Bureau’s jlis) and public space (mu- ing screen to temper the light. Group CEO and Chief Archi- seums, hotels, restaurants), In a review of a number of ca- tect Ibrahim Mohamed Jai- Jaidah looked at a variety of fes at Souq Waqif , dah addressed the Virginia Qatar buildings for his re- Jaidah noted the locations Commonwealth School of search to show how, begin- where traditional furnishings the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts ning with traditional design, were placed next to modern Qatar) in Education City, to Qataris have used interna- mismatched chairs, creating celebrate the completion of tional travel to move through a comfortable milieu. his new book ‘Qatari Style’, a transitional period where At the end of his lecture, which is published by Hirmer traditional and modern meet. Jaidah took part in a ques- Publishers. For example, in a building tion and answer session with During his talk, Jaidah such as the Al Najada Hotel students, faculty and staff, spoke about his desire to Qatari architect Ibrahim Mohamed Jaidah speaks at VCUarts Qatar. at Souq Waqif, water fea- which was moderated by Dr document the elements of a tures are incorporated. At Bin Cherif Amor, the chair of the Qatari house. Well-known for of Qatari Architecture, 1800- on the Imam Muhammad in Qatar, ‘99 Domes’, Jaidah cal style to the interiors with Jelmood house at Msheireb Interior Design programme his 2009 book ‘The History 1950’, and for his 2015 book ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque carries his examination of lo- ‘Qatari Style’. Museums, the need for air- at VCUarts Qatar.