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Qatar - All Elective Surgeries at Hamad General Hospital in Doha are suspended due to anesthesia equipment shortage

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Not an abundance anesthesia respiratory tube

'Hamad' attached to non-emergency surgeries until further notice
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Doha - Arab | 2013-08-25

I got ? Arabs ?a copy of circulating an official of the Department of Hamad Medical Corporation, announces to suspend the procedure all elective surgery is necessary that require anesthesia years until further notice as of last Thursday, as a result of the substantial shortfall suffered by the Hamad General Hospital and other public hospitals in abundance ?tube anesthesia respiratory?, at which time she complained the management sterilization institution from a lack of medical equipment due to the fire that the charges earlier in the store's HMC Industrial Area.
medical sources said of Hamad General Hospital said the suspension of operations began virtually since the beginning of the month August, and that the surgeons performing only emergency surgeries, surgery and cancer patients, while all other operations postponed, note that the Hamad General Hospital is an average of 50-70 non-emergency surgeries a day, compared to 50-100 process in the rest of the Foundation's hospitals HMC.
came in the text of the circular formal, signed last Thursday, Mr. David Astley, head of a group specialized hospitals HMC and Professor Michael Richmond, president of medical affairs, academic and research proxy, addressed to all the CEOs and managers of medical,: ?We have a great lack of tube anesthesia tract. We expect that our supply from abroad during the next few days. In the meantime, the public hospitals that have a stockpile of this to send him to the Hamad General Hospital. Until we receive an order from abroad, we need to maintain a current inventory to make emergency surgical ?.
added the text of the circular: ?may continue to perform list Thursday, but all elective surgery is necessary that require general anesthesia is suspended until further notice as of the end of the User today.
concluded by saying: ?the usual estimate it to determine what is essential is the decision of Ayadi, in agreement with the President and doctors managers. On the whole, we expect to continue cancer surgery and operations surgeons visitors ?.
While the message Mr. David Astley signed on 22 August, indicates circulated last to the shortage of medical supplies due blaze, which broke a valuable store Salwa of the Hamad Medical Corporation, dated 25 July , as indicated by the second document signed by Ms. Aisha Ahmed Yousef, Director of the Department of sterilization, which states: ?reference to the fire, which happened on July 25, 2013 in the store Salwa, the department is suffering a shortage too big of Materia Medica consumer sterile?.
said Ms. Aisha Youssef: ?Accordingly, and in order to maintain services smoothly in a period of shortage, we would like to inform you that the management of sterilization will encapsulate pots Medical (trays) paper packaging one, instead of two and رزمها cover protection from dust until refill the store, according to the recommendations of management control infection (attached to you a copy of it) ?.
saw one of the doctors that the solution to the need to overcome the slow administrative procedures, and accelerate import inventory sufficient tubes anesthesia, and other medical equipment missing, enough to provide inventory reserves and an additional, to deal with all the conditions and emergency situations.
and repercussions decision to suspend surgeries, said one of the surgeons: ?We are waiting as determined by the hospital administration to remedy the delay registered and continuous postponement of non-emergency surgeries, note that the Hamad General Hospital being about 50-70 non-emergency surgeries a day, compared with 50-100 in the process, such as hospitals Rumaila and Al Wakra and Al Khor. He added: ?until the inventory overtime, which may be sent by other hospitals of the Hamad General Hospital will not last long?.
source pointed out that the management company tried to reassure doctors earlier certainly that some of the material that is used every day may not be available or will be available in limited quantities . And has been sent urgent orders to local and international suppliers for the supply of these materials are being supplied daily. And that the management of HMC, proceeded as a temporary measure, to reserve supplies available currently have of these materials for the purposes of surgical procedures.
Faced with complaints surgical departments of various volatility made ​​in appointments and embarrassment that they fall in it in front of patients needing surgery, assured the administration doctors that they understand what caused by the current situation of concern, and is currently working to working closely with all departments concerned to reschedule your surgery as soon as possible.

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