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Stable heart patients can fast HMC’s pharmacy delivers during Ramadan, says expert CATHERINE W GICHUKI should be more cautious. DOHA They should make up for the medicines to over 20,000 deficiency of water through- Stable patients of cardio- out the fasting time,” he said, vascular diseases can fast On a different note, Dr during the Holy Month of Tamimi also advised people Ramadan, Hamad Medical with cardiovascular diseases people at homes a week Corporation’s Heart Hospital to take precautionary meas- senior consultant has said. ures to protect themselves Speaking to Qatar Trib- against the coronavirus dis- The service received more than 30,000 calls from patients during the first week une, senior consultant car- ease (COVID-19). diologist Dr Omar al Tamimi He said, “People with QNA Dr Hail said the home delivery services said stable patients mean cardiovascular disease have Doha has reduced the presence of patients in those who have no recurrent chances of catching the COV- pharmacies, which in turn has limited the symptoms of the disease such ID-19 just like any other peo- The drug delivery service launched by spread of infectious diseases in general and as chest pain, shortness of ple. The difference is that the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in coronavirus in particular. breath, palpitations or any- Dr Omar al Tamimi symptoms of those with car- mid-April for all patients, in cooperation She, however, admitted that the ser- thing similar. diovascular disease are going with Qatar Post, has achieved great success vice is facing some challenges such as ob- He said, “Stable patients People living with heart to be much more severe.” and enabled the beneficiaries to obtain their taining accurate data and information re- are also those who have not conditions should adhere to According to some re- medicines in a timely manner without the quired from patients like the mobile phone been having multiple fre- their medications. “Most of ports, coronavirus attacks need to go to healthcare facilities, as part of number and the correct house address as quent changes to their medi- the cardiac medications are people with comorbidities the efforts to combat the coronavirus (COV- providing inaccurate addresses may delay cation in terms of replacing given once or twice a day. like heart disease, and kidney ID-19), Dr Moza al Hail, executive director the delivery of the drug to the patient. She one with another or increase They can either take their and chest problems. of Pharmacy Department at HMC, has said. Dr Moza al Hail added that the service centres sometimes of dosage; not have had re- medication after breaking He urged heart patients to Dr Hail said HMC’s Pharmacy Admin- also receives a large number of unnecessary cent mild or serious disease their fast or at suhour time. If observe social distancing, fre- istration succeeded in the first 10 days of a dedicated number is allocated for direct calls not related to ordering and delivering that warrants them to be at it’s twice a day, they can take quent washing of hands, wear- launching the service to deliver medicines to communication to get medicines according of medicine to homes, which wastes time the hospital. Those with sta- it at the time of their meals ing masks and avoiding con- more than 20,000 patients at homes, while to the treatment plan for each patient. and other patients’ opportunities to contact ble conditions who maintain which is either at iftar and tacts with people, especially the service received more than 30,000 calls Talking about the service mechanism, service centres. the same frequency of medi- suhour.” those who have symptoms. from patients during the first week. Dr Hail said the centre at Hamad General Dr Hail said to benefit from the drug cation and amount should be He advised those on “It is important for those She said the service also succeeded in Hospital is dedicated to receiving calls and delivery service, patients first need to con- able to fast.” blood pressure medication, patients to pay a lot of at- helping patients who needed a re-exchange providing service to citizens, and a second tact 16000 and choose Hamad Medical He said patients who especially the ones that make tention to their medication of previous prescriptions as well as patients centre at is for receiv- Corporation from the list of options and need to be admitted at the the patient to pass urine fre- because they need to keep who got new medical. She said although ing calls and providing service to residents, then follow the instructions. After receiving hospital and require inten- quently, to take their medi- their condition on check. In the service is launched for the first time in as well as other centres in specialised hos- the request, the patient’s data is collected sive monitoring, and are giv- cation at iftar time to avoid the month of Ramadan, there cooperation with Qatar Post, all difficul- pitals such as at the heart hospital, the and the drugs are prepared depending on en the treatment through the dehydration during the fast- may be changes because of ties were overcome swiftly, as the service National Center for Cancer Treatment and the medical prescription found in patient’s intravenous, should not fast. ing time. the times of eating and fast- won the approval of the beneficiaries and Research, Al-Khor Hospital and Al-Wakra electronic file, then another pharmacist re- According to him, heart Dr Tamimi urged heart ing but this should not be an enabled them to obtain their medications Hospital. views the prescription again and collects the patients wishing to fast patients to eat a healthy and excuse,” he said. easily. Dr Hail noted that out of keenness She said the service would be evalu- medicine in one envelope before handing it should also have to consider balanced diet and keep them- In case they need to con- to cover all patients’ needs, other windows ated to develop it in the future and benefit over to the postal officer who then delivers other problems they might be selves well hydrated. sult their doctor, they can call were designated to obtain the medicines for from the experience in delivering repack- itto the patient. having because most of the “Patients who have heart the hotline 16000. If it is dur- emergency cases. ing drugs to patients at their homes to save She stressed the need for the patient to heart patients have other is- failure and who are not sup- ing their appointment time, a As part of the Ministry of Public Health’s them the trouble of coming to hospitals to order medicines 10 days before he/she fin- sues such as diabetes. posed to drink a lot of water doctor will call them. efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus, get their medicines. ish the current content he or she has. Qatar believes in power of dialogue and diplomacy: FM Public hospitals to receive Continued from page 1  we have a greater opportunity Udeid base. has committed from the begin- “There is also support for emergency, regular cases to achieve long-term security “We are still continuing our ning and worked to ensure the subprogrammes that we have The FM said, “We believe the through direct cooperation and efforts on regional issues, such coherence the negotiating pro- established such as the Qatar- Continued from page 1  at the designated COVID-19 humanitarian and development dialogue that are accountable as Afghanistan and the Doha cess, overcome the obstacles it Tunisia Friendship Fund and hospitals are non-critical. assistance we provide world- within a regional security frame- talks that culminated in the faced, bring the parties around the Darfur Fund, which, along He said the public hospi- Separate sections have been al- wide contributes to the security work. signing of the agreement be- the negotiating table, and to with other initiatives, focus tals will continue to receive located for children and preg- and stability of the world ... This “If every country in the Mid- tween the Taliban and the US, strive to reach the primary goal, mainly on developing and creat- emergency and regular cases nant women, he added. Dr is not limited to a specific re- dle East joins in good faith and and we will continue to mediate which is the agreement be- ing opportunities for young gen- through Hamad Hospital, Al Ahmed said, “We have adapted gion or religion, but it is for all will to commit, then we can cre- between the Afghan parties, the tween the parties. We have al- erations to establish their own Khor Hospital and Al Wakrah to the COVID-19 crisis by pro- humanity, and we extend our ate an organised framework, US and the Taliban,” he added. ways sought to achieve consen- projects that create a productive Hospital without delaying or viding virtual medical services. hands to all our friends. with binding mechanisms and He said Qatar has cooper- sus on the fundamental issue of environment for them. We pro- endangering patients’ lives. We used the hotline or direct “It will not be possible to conflict resolution, where all ated with the US to evacuate bringing peace and stability to vide them with funding for the He said most of the patients phone call for the purpose.” face the repercussions of the countries will be held account- American citizens on Qatar Air- Afghanistan.” initial establishment stages and pandemic without cooperation able for achieving peace and ways. Responding to a question technical support in the subse- and coordination at the highest maintaining security.” “We did not do that only about Qatar’s vision of the re- quent stages. and most comprehensive pos- The FM said, “In the pres- with the US. We have cooper- gion, especially in supporting There is also another initia- QICDRC launches pro bono sible levels. ence of these foundational and ated with other countries for the youth, he said, “We see that tive that we are working on, the “In Qatar, we still believe in binding principles, states in re- same purpose, and we provided youth are an important re- African Union on the issue of legal assistance service to the power of dialogue and diplo- gional can engage in dialogue aid to the affected states such as source in the MENA region, immigration from Africa to Eu- macy. We believe that the vari- about real threats that are simi- New York and California. We so we seek to support young rope and the issue of migrants, ous crises we face in the Gulf re- lar to those we all face today.” believe that relations between people in the region, especially especially in Libya.” help needy during COVID-19 gion and beyond, including this In response to a question Qatar and the US are strong and in the area of economic em- The FM said, “We agreed pandemic, are evidence of the about US-Qatari relations, the there are strategic alliances be- powerment, to create jobs and with the African Union to es- Tribune News Network whose civil and commercial urgent need for a regional secu- FM said cooperation between tween the two countries.” opportunities for them... As an tablish a fund to return citizens Doha disputes, regulatory appeals rity agreement that provides ba- the two countries has not been On the situation in Afghani- example of this, we have the and refugees to their countries or other legal issues fall sic stability for the Middle East,” affected by anything since the stan, he said: “We know that ‘Silatech’ initiative that con- and provide them with job op- As part of its mission to within the jurisdiction of the he said. beginning of the crisis, especial- the path of peace has always tributed to employing more portunities by financing some provide and enhance access Court or QFC Regulatory Tri- The FM said, “Instead of im- ly military cooperation, as Qatar been a difficult and not an easy than a million Arab youth in small and medium projects in to justice, the Qatar Inter- bunal, the service will draw posing exclusion or restrictions, hosts the command center at Al- one at all. That is why Qatar various projects.” their cities. national Court and Dispute on a local network of lawyers Resolution Centre (QICDRC) and legal firms to volunteer has launched a new Pro Bono their time and expertise. Service that enables eligible Individuals who are seek- individuals to receive legal ing pro bono legal advice and advice, assistance and repre- representation will be able Ashghal announces opening of Al Jadeed sentation free of charge. to refer to the QICDRC Pro The service has been Bono Service Guidelines and launched at a time when submit the Application for Street, Al Nasr Street & four intersections for traffic many individuals may be Pro Bono Legal Assistance QNA He also highlighted the role played by facing difficulties caused by via the court’s website. Doha Al Mirqab Al Jadeed Street and equally the COVID-19 pandemic and Faisal al Sahouti, CEO of important Al Nasr Street in addressing the need to obtain legal advice as the QIC, said: “The new Pro Ashghal has announced the opening of increasing traffic flow in the area, as both a result. Bono Service reflects our 0.6 km of Al Nasr Street and 1.8 km of Al streets are located in densely populated For those who genuinely core mission to make justice Mirqab Al Jadeed Street, in addition to four residential areas and cater to a number of cannot afford to pay for legal accessible to our commu- signposted traffic intersections, as part of commercial centres and shops, as well as advice at this challenging time nity, while maintaining the the Al Nasr Main Road Improvement Pro- health and educational facilities and public and whose dispute falls within highest level of professional ject. amenities. the jurisdiction of the Court or and legal excellence. We are Engineer Rashed al Zeyara, Project En- Zeyara said Ashghal was keen to open Tribunal, the service will be a proud to extend the court’s gineer at the Road Projects Department, these streets and intersections as they great help. The service is the services and provide free le- highlighted the importance of Al Mirqab Al would significantly increase the traffic flow latest initiative of the QICDRC gal advice and representa- Jadeed Street and its strategic location in in the area and improve the safety of the to spearhead the delivery of tion to those in demonstrable the heart of the area, linking road network, in addition to facilitating ac- swift, fair and efficient judg- financial need, particularly Suhaim Bin Hamad Street (C-Ring Road) cess to many high-traffic residential areas ments as part of an innovative at a time when many indi- and Doha Expressway, two of the most im- such as the Al Mirqab area, the Fereej Al legal model for commercial viduals are facing heightened portant roads in Doha and serving a large Nasr area, the area and civil dispute resolution. stress due to the global situa- number of daily commuters. and the area. Open to individuals with tion affected from the spread limited financial means,of COVID-19.”