Hamad Medical Corporation is the only provider of dialysis services in Qatar. Dialysis is a procedure which can be used in patients who have lost most or all of their kidney function, as it can artificially replace the work of the kidneys.
Dialysis services can be found at the following locations:
- Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Center
- Al Shamal Dialysis Unit
- Al Wakra Dialysis Unit
- Acute Hamad General Hospital Dialysis Unit
- Al Shahania Dialysis Unit
- Al Khor Hospital
In terms of the scope of services undertaken by the Dialysis Division, this includes
- In-center ambulatory hemodialysis
- Home hemodialysis
- Peritoneal dialysis (dialysis tube accesses the peritoneum in the abdomen)
- In-patient hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy
- Pre-renal replacement therapy program
- Research program
- Internal quality improvement program
- Outpatient services
We work closely with different specialties within medical and surgical departments who assess dialysis patients when needed. Our department specializes in hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and we also have a pre-dialysis program. Dialysis and pre-dialysis services are provided to adult patients (aged 14 years and over) with end stage renal failure. Our pre-dialysis service is designed to prepare patients with renal failure psychologically and medically for replacement therapy and helps patients choose the modality which is best suited to their needs.
