Doha: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has temporarily shifted all non-essential clinic appointments to virtual consultations. However, essential services will still continue face to face at a limited capacity across all its health centers. This decision is effective as of today, February 14, 2021.
In an updated information on its health services, PHCC has listed a number of services which will be considered as non-essential services. It also stated that all booked face to face consultations will be converted to telephone consultations.
"Should you have an existing appointment, you will be contacted by a member of our team to rearrange this as a virtual consultation," stated in the report.
The non-essential services include:
• Geriatric memory clinic
• Physiotherapy
• Well woman
• Cancer screening
• Minor procedures
• Smoking cessation
• Adolescent health
• SMART clinics
• Wellness services
• Dental screening
• Health educators
• Family planning
• NCD
• Dermatology
• ENT
• Ophthalmology
• Optometry
• Audiology
• General Pediatric
• Integrated psychiatry
• Support clinic
• Cardiology
• Dental general
• MCH
• Dietician
• CDC
On the other hand, essential services will still continue face to face at a limited capacity. The following services are considered as essential:
• Family Medicine face to face
• Dental face to face
• Well Baby
• Pre-marital
• Ultrasound (obs/gynae) and abdominal
• Walk-in for Dental
• Walk-in for FMM
• Urgent Care
• Medical commission
• Home care services
• ALL Virtual services
The PHCC has also dedicated two of its health centers as test and hold centers as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The two testing centres are Rawdat Al Khail Health Centre and Umm Slal Health Centre.
"Patients with mild or moderate symptoms of coronavirus should dial 16000 and will be directed to one the screening units at the PHCC COVID-19 designated health centers where they will be tested and isolated, and will receive the results from healthcare professionals as soon as samples are tested," they stated.
Covid-19 test are also made available at all other health centers within PHCC for suspect cases.
PHCC mandates all patients to wear a mask, show their Ehteraz application and undergo body temperature checks.
SOURCE: THEPENINSULAQATAR