QRI unveils enhanced pediatric rehab services, physio gym

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI) has unveiled a series of notable enhancements to its pediatric and neuromusculoskeletal patient care...

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI) has unveiled a series of notable enhancements to its pediatric and neuromusculoskeletal patient care services. As part of its ongoing commitment to elevate healthcare standards, QRI invested in its Outpatient Pediatric Speech Therapy Clinic expansion, the renovated Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, and the introduction of a state-of-the-art Physiotherapy Gym dedicated to Neuromusculoskeletal patients.

Senior executives from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), including Acting Assistant Managing Director and Chief of Tertiary Hospitals Group at HMC, Ali Al Janahi, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Abdulla Al Ansari, and Acting Chief Nursing Officer, Mariam Al Mutawa, toured these facilities on recently, seeing firsthand the advancements made at QRI.

Dr. Hanadi Al Hamad, Deputy Chief of Long-Term Care, Rehabilitation, and Geriatrics at HMC emphasised that while this phase of service improvements primarily targeted pediatric services, the needs of older patients with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions were duly considered.

“As people age, maintaining musculoskeletal health and mobility becomes more challenging and conditions like sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and arthritis become more prevalent. Approximately half of our physiotherapy patients in the outpatient clinics are older patients with neuromusculoskeletal conditions. ,” noted Dr. Al Hamad.

“The newly established ‘Khutuat’ (خطوات or steps) Physiotherapy Gym is a specialised facility catering to older patients enabling us to provide more specialised care delivered by experts in their respective fields. The new facility will allow us to reduce waiting times from more than five weeks previously to about 14 days once fully operational.”