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HMC highlights state of the art technologies and techniques in pregnancy-related ultrasound scans during their Second Qatar National Obstetric Ultrasound Training Course held at the end of last month by the Feto-Maternal Medicine Unit (FMU), Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at the Women’s Hospital (WH).
Ultrasounds, which are also commonly called a sonogram, work by using sound waves at higher frequencies than the human ear can hear for the purpose of stimulating the tissues in the body. This stimulation gives the ability to view and monitor images such as the flow of blood and the movement of the body’s internal organs.
Course Chairperson and Senior Consultant, Feto-Maternal Medicine Unit (FMU) at Women’s Hospital (WH), Dr. Najat Khenyab said, “Ultrasounds are one of the most useful tools in caring for women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the post-delivery recovery period. The procedure allows us to properly assess early stages of pregnancy, fetal growth and fetal wellbeing.”
She added: “Ultrasounds provide our doctors with diagnostic abilities which can greatly benefit our obstetric patients.”
More than 300 healthcare professionals attended the training course including local obstetricians, radiologists, family physicians, sonographers, and other allied health professionals from HMC, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Primary Health Care Corporation, and other Qatar-based private healthcare facilities.
The course was led by several local, regional and international experts in obstetrics including Dr. Abdulmohsen Al-Anjari, Consultant, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternity Hospital in Kuwait and Dr. Ali H. Al-Ibrahim, Consultant, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oasis Hospital, in UAE.
During the course, various fundamental and advanced topics in fetal care were highlighted in a series of lectures, coupled with Ultrasound live demonstrations which aim to enhance ultrasound skills in diagnosis of various fetal conditions
Course Co-chairperson and coordinator, Consultant, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dr. Sawsan Al-Obaidly commented: “This course builds on the success of last year’s learning objectives. Our aim is to ensure all of our healthcare professionals in Qatar are well equipped to identification early detection of fetal abnormalities through the effective use of ultrasound technology.”
“Optimizing advanced imaging techniques will give us the opportunity, if needed, to refer expecting mothers to a Fetal Maternal Medicine Unit. Here specialists can provide patients with a proper diagnosis through non-invasive and invasive testing and counsel parents regarding the expected outcomes and developmental status of their unborn child,” Dr. Al-Obaidly explained.
