Qatar Ministry of Public Health External Circular No. 5/2021
Stop Providing All Medical Services in Private Healthcare Facilities
To | All Private Healthcare Facilities in Qatar |
From | Healthcare Facilities Licensing & Accreditation Department |
Subject | Stop Providing All Medical Services in Private Healthcare Facilities |
Date | 01/04/2021 |
Reference to Ministers Council decisions dated on 31/03/2021, effective from 02/04/2021
Stop all medical services in all private healthcare facilities, except for emergency cases and the urgent cases that require physical attendance in the clinic as per treating physician judgment.
Stop home care services in all specialities, except for long-term contracts services.
Continuing to provide (Tele-Medicine) with a capacity not exceeding 30% of the full capacity.
Continuing to provide emergency medical services in company clinics and first aid units.
Continuing to conduct COVID-19 swabs in approved private healthcare facilities.
Continuing the work of medical laboratories and diagnostic imaging centres.
Violating this circular exposes the healthcare facility to legal accountability.
Noora Abdulla Mohamed AI-Mulla
Acting Director; Healthcare Facilities Licensing & Accreditation Department