DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), in collaboration with the Childhood Cultural Centre, inaugurated a library for children at Hamad General Hospital’s (HGH) Paediatric Continuity Clinic.
The library was installed as part of ongoing cooperation between HMC and the centre to foster love for reading among children visiting the clinic, said Ali Al Khater, Chief Communications Officer, HMC.
The library is attractively designed to encourage children to read and offers books, magazines and educational toys.
It also aims to increase children’s knowledge and enable them to develop their language skills and creativity and engage them in fun and entertaining activities during their visits.
“The provision of this library is part of our ‘I read’ campaign launched by the centre in 2012.
“We provided the library to a group of institutions, most notably HMC, which has always fully supported efforts to bring happiness to and improve the quality of life of their patients, especially children,” said Abdullah Hamid Al Mulla, Director, Public Relations, Childhood Cultural Centre.
Children also received gifts during the library’s inauguration.
The clinic officially opened in November 2015 at the Outpatient Department to provide patient-centred care for children.
It enables each patient to stay in one assigned treatment room where the patient’s nurse, paediatric specialist or medical resident comes to them, so that the patient does not have to move around from place to place.
With eight themed treatment rooms, the clinic is open from Sunday to Thursday between 7am and 3pm.
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