Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. 2/2021-2

Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities

To

Department of Healthcare Professions/Ministry of Public Health

From

All healthcare facilities (governmental/semi-governmental/private) in the State of Qatar

Subject

Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities

Date

21 April 2021

Department of Healthcare Professions /MOPH presents its compliments,

Based on the commitment of the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) to raise public awareness towards their rights and responsibilities as patients in all healthcare facilities in the State of Qatar, the Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities was established in both Arabic and English in 2015 and published in 2016.

This year, DHP translated the Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities into six other languages namely Filipino, Bengali, Nepali, Urdu, Malayalam, and Hindi, to ensure that The Bill reaches the largest possible members of community. The Bill will be translated into more languages in the future.