The Medicine Department is one of the largest departments in Al Khor Hospital, attending to approximately 180 inpatients and 3,000 outpatients on a monthly basis. The department offers acute inpatient care and a wide range of outpatient medical services. The medical team also provides consultation services 24 hours a day for other specialties in the hospital.
The department is subdivided into the following sections:
- General medicine
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Psychiatry
- Nephrology
- Rheumatology
- Pulmonary
- Respiratory
- Infectious diseases
- Diabetology
Our team works closely with other medical departments within the hospital, including the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency, Clinical Imaging and Laboratory. We also work collaboratively with the Medicine Department at Hamad General Hospital and the National Center for Cancer Care and Research.
In terms of diagnostic services, the specialized services we offer include:
- Pulmonary function test lab (where tests are performed to determine how well the lungs are working)
- Endoscopy unit (where the inside of the body is examined using a lighted, flexible instrument)
- Non-invasive cardiology lab (diagnostic tests are performed to identify heart problems)
- 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is offered as an outpatient service (blood pressure readings are obtained over a 24 hours period to get a true reflection of blood pressure)
