(MENAFN - The Peninsula) The Peninsula

DOHA: Teams from Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) new Medical City hospitals the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI), Ambulatory Care Center (ACC), and Women's Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) have delivered care at their 100,000th outpatient appointment since becoming operational.

Baby Yassim Ahmed Abdelsalm, the patient who received care at the 100,000th outpatient visit, had an appointment with his mother Nehal Mohamed Afifi. Nehal gave birth to Yassim 15 days ago at Women's Hospital and was referred to the Baby Clinic at the WWRC to review a routine ultrasound, due to baby Yassim being born in the breech position.

Nehal said: 'The hospital is so clean and inviting and the helpful customer service team who greeted us on arrival, made it easy for us to find our appointment. The waiting area in the outpatient area was spacious, comfortable and private and the Baby Clinic team were incredibly knowledgeable and helpful.

The Baby Clinics relocated last month to one of the three new Medical City hospitals. Their role is to closely monitor and provide follow-up care to low-risk newborns who may be experiencing problems such as low weight, feeding difficulties or jaundice in addition to caring for high-risk babies discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Dr Abdulla Al Ansari, Acting Chief Medical Officer for HMC, said, 'I am extremely proud of our staff who have been working incredibly hard over the last year to bring each of our new services at the Medical City hospitals to life. We have always taken pride in our ability to deliver the highest quality and safest care to each of our patients and their positive feedback illustrates our ongoing success in making a positive difference to their lives.

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