Either that, or you have no personal experience of IVF in Hamad Hospital. My wife and I have been trying to have a child for the past 10 years. I won't bore you with the history, but anyone who has gone through IVF or similar treatments without success knows how physically demanding it is on the female partner, and emotionally harrowing for both partners.
We tried Hamad hospital, having read some of the previous threads on QL. The list of bad experiences is both long and shocking. My wife was overdosed on the wrong type of hormone, she suffered fainting spells, hot flushes, and severe stomach pains for a whole year after the treatment. It wasn't until she went to a private clinic in St Peteresburg that she started to make a recovery. The clinic reviewed our file and recommended suing Hamad for gross negligence.
There is another lady we know who tried it at Hamad and went through similar problems. She has just finished at another private clinic outside of Doha (successful) where she showed the medical staff there her Hamad hospital records (which she had to battle hard to get them to hand over), and they were shocked and amazed at the treatment they had been giving this poor woman.
There is only one of the IVF team who has been there for any length of time (and he is about as much use as an underwater hair dryer). Most other doctors only last 14 or 15 months. There is no appointment system - dozens of women hang around the waiting room for hours at a time before they are seen. The reception staff are rude, arrogant, and insensitive. They even try to dish out medical advice to people! If your husband tries to come in with you, he will be ejected. He has to go to security and get a special pass, which has to be signed by the doctor, for whom there is no appointments system to see ..... and so on, ad nauseum.
And that's only the IVF section. The rest of the hospital is just as bad. I have heard horror stories that would have had them sued for millions anywhere else in the world, but the fact is that the bulk of Hamad's patients are poorly paid, unskilled workers who are afraid to question any type of authority, medical or otherwise.
We have just started consultations at another clinic in Doha, my wife having simply had enough of the shabby treatment at Hamad. The consultants there have also expressed some surprise at the treatments given, especially after reviewing the results of the barrage of lab tests that we both had to undergo. Of course, they won't be too critical of Hamad, as they all have to renew their medical practicing licences at some point.
If anyone reading this has had a pleasant experience at Hamad hospital, then I can only say I wish I had your luck.
Either that, or you have no personal experience of IVF in Hamad Hospital. My wife and I have been trying to have a child for the past 10 years. I won't bore you with the history, but anyone who has gone through IVF or similar treatments without success knows how physically demanding it is on the female partner, and emotionally harrowing for both partners.
We tried Hamad hospital, having read some of the previous threads on QL. The list of bad experiences is both long and shocking. My wife was overdosed on the wrong type of hormone, she suffered fainting spells, hot flushes, and severe stomach pains for a whole year after the treatment. It wasn't until she went to a private clinic in St Peteresburg that she started to make a recovery. The clinic reviewed our file and recommended suing Hamad for gross negligence.
There is another lady we know who tried it at Hamad and went through similar problems. She has just finished at another private clinic outside of Doha (successful) where she showed the medical staff there her Hamad hospital records (which she had to battle hard to get them to hand over), and they were shocked and amazed at the treatment they had been giving this poor woman.
There is only one of the IVF team who has been there for any length of time (and he is about as much use as an underwater hair dryer). Most other doctors only last 14 or 15 months. There is no appointment system - dozens of women hang around the waiting room for hours at a time before they are seen. The reception staff are rude, arrogant, and insensitive. They even try to dish out medical advice to people! If your husband tries to come in with you, he will be ejected. He has to go to security and get a special pass, which has to be signed by the doctor, for whom there is no appointments system to see ..... and so on, ad nauseum.
And that's only the IVF section. The rest of the hospital is just as bad. I have heard horror stories that would have had them sued for millions anywhere else in the world, but the fact is that the bulk of Hamad's patients are poorly paid, unskilled workers who are afraid to question any type of authority, medical or otherwise.
We have just started consultations at another clinic in Doha, my wife having simply had enough of the shabby treatment at Hamad. The consultants there have also expressed some surprise at the treatments given, especially after reviewing the results of the barrage of lab tests that we both had to undergo. Of course, they won't be too critical of Hamad, as they all have to renew their medical practicing licences at some point.
If anyone reading this has had a pleasant experience at Hamad hospital, then I can only say I wish I had your luck.