HMC announces Ramadan work timing for its different hospitals

The Holy month of Ramadan is a time for oberving pious fasting. Sure enough, different government and private institutions operate under vastly different timings during the entire month.

In a Press release, the Hamad Medical Corporation has announced timings for the various hospitals working under its purview.

However, all emergency services across Hamad Medical Corporation’s network of hospitals will continue to operate around the clock as usual, reported The Peninsula.

So if you are planning to visit the hospital one of these days, be sure to check out this list.

Hamad General Hospital

Outpatient clinics will run from 8am to 1pm and evening clinics from 8.30pm to 11.30pm, Sunday to Thursday. The main Outpatient Department (OPD) pharmacy on the ground floor will be open from 8am to 10.30am and from 8.30pm to 12am (midnight), Sunday to Thursday.

Women’s Hospital

The OPD will open from 8am to 1pm and in the evening from 7.30pm to 10.30pm, Sunday to Thursday. The OPD pharmacy will operate on the same timings.

Al Wakra Hospital

The OPD will open from 8am to 4pm, Sunday to Thursday and the Dental Clinic will open from 8am to 1pm and from 8pm to 11pm, Sunday to Thursday. The Obstetrics/Gynecology Clinic will operate from 8am to 4pm, Sunday to Thursday. The main pharmacy will open from 8am to 4pm, Sunday to Thursday.

Communicable Disease Center

OPD clinics will open from 8am to 5pm, Sunday to Wednesday. On Thursdays, services will be available from 8am to 1pm. All supporting services including pharmacy, radiology and laboratory (phlebotomy) will be available during OPD operating times.

Qatar Rehabilitation Institute

The OPD clinics will operate from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday. Pharmacy hours are from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday.

The Cuban Hospital

There will be no change to OPD clinic and pharmacy timings and both will be open to patients from 7.15am to 3pm, Sunday to Thursday. The OPD dental services will operate as per booked appointments.

Heart Hospital

The OPD clinics will be open from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday and there will be no evening clinics throughout Ramadan.

The OPD pharmacy will operate from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday and from 11am to 4pm on weekends.

Al Khor Hospital

The OPD clinics will open from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday and there will be no evening clinics. The pharmacy will be open from 7am to 3pm in the main OPD and from 7am to 11pm at the Pediatric Emergency Center.

Rumailah Hospital

The OPD clinics will be open from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday. Pharmacy hours are from 8am to 3pm, Sunday to Thursday.

Hamad Dental Center

Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry Clinics will open from 8am to 4pm and endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics and dental, diagnostic and DDSS services will operate from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday. Evening clinics will be scheduled from 8.30pm to 11.30pm, Sunday to Thursday.

National Center for Cancer Care and Research

OPD clinics will open from 8am to 1pm, Sunday to Thursday and evening clinics on Mondays between 8.30pm to 11.30pm. The pharmacy will open from 8am to 3pm, Sunday to Thursday.

Mental Health Services

The OPD and the pharmacy will open from 8am to 1pm and evening clinics will run from 8.30pm to 11.30pm at Hamad General Hospital on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

The Referral and Booking Management System (RBMS) will operate from 7am to 10pm, Sunday to Thursday. Referrals for specialist services will be collected as usual from centers throughout Doha. 

Nesma’ak Customer Care will operate from 7am to 10pm, Sunday to Thursday and from 10am to 4pm on Friday and Saturday. Patients requiring any information can call 16060 during these times to inquire about or change their appointment.

Nesma’ak will continue to make appointment reminder phone calls to patients and will also continue to send mobile text message reminders to patients during Ramadan.