Ambulance Service sees sharp drop in calls for minor cases
The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar: Hamad Medical Corporation s (HMC) Ambulance Service has seen a significant reduction in the number of calls received for minor cases, a d...
Doha, Qatar: Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service has seen a significant reduction in the number of calls received for minor cases, a development attributed to a national awareness campaign.
Assistant Executive Director of the Ambulance Service, Ali Darwish, stated that this decline represents a significant drop from the previously recorded average of 20% of calls received through the National Command Centre requesting ambulance services for minor cases.
“The Ambulance Service has received strong public cooperation and support, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of calls received for conditions that do not require ambulance assistance,” Ali Darwish told The Peninsula yesterday.
He said that due to awareness, for low priority conditions people go to healthcare facilities than calling the Ambulance Service.
On Monday, the Ambulance Service received 722 calls and among them 607 were related to medical emergencies and 115 due to trauma, and 32 related to road traffic accidents. Three patients were transported by life-flight air ambulance.
