Sidra Medical and Research Center
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| Name = Sidra Medicine
| Org/Group = Qatar Foundation
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| Location = Education City
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| State = Al Rayyan Municipality
| Country = Qatar
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| Affiliation = Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
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| Beds = 400
| Founded = January 2006
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Sidra Medicine is a 400-bed women's and children's hospital, medical education and biomedical research center in Doha, Qatar. The hospital first opened its outpatient facility in 2016, followed by its inpatient hospital in January 2018.
Location
File:Sidra Hospital as seen from Education City Mosque.jpg
Sidra is located in Education City, a city-scale initiative by Qatar Foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.sidra.org/about/|title=About us|publisher=Sidra Medical and Research Center|accessdate=18 July 2018}} This portion of Education City is located Al Gharrafa, which in turn is a district of Al Rayyan City in the Municipality of Al Rayyan in Qatar.{{cite web|url=http://geoportal.gisqatar.org.qa/qmape/|title=GIS Portal|publisher=Ministry of Municipality and Environment|accessdate=18 July 2018}}
Outside the hospital is a series of 14 giant bronze sculptures by Damien Hirst called The Miraculous Journey, graphically charting the development of a baby in the uterus from conception to birth. It is owned by the Qatar Foundation.{{cite news |title=Damien Hirst uterus sculptures greet hospital guests in Doha |url=https://news.sky.com/story/damien-hirst-uterus-sculptures-greet-hospital-guests-11557808 |accessdate=19 November 2018 |publisher=Sky News |date=19 November 2018}}
History
Qatar Foundation, a quasi-government organization, allotted a massive $7.9 billion budget for the hospital's construction. It first selected the center's contractors in 2008 but in 2014 assigned new contractors to complete the project.{{cite web|url=https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/overview/home-stretch-second-six-year-health-plan-works-more-emphasis-placed-private-sector-involvement|title=Private sector investment becomes the focus of Qatar's second six-year health plan|publisher=Oxford Business Group|accessdate=18 July 2018}}
Biomedical research first began at Sidra in 2015. Outpatient care facilities and services were inaugurated in May 2016; as of 2018 there are at least 50 outpatient facilities.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/15/01/2018/Sidra-Medicine-opens-hospital-building|title=Sidra Medicine opens hospital building|publisher=The Peninsula|author=Fazeena Saleem|date=15 January 2018|accessdate=18 July 2018}} Throughout 2017, more than 25,000 people were treated at the hospital's outpatient clinic.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/story/595085/Qatar-makes-huge-strides-in-healthcare-sector-sinc|title=Qatar makes huge strides in healthcare sector since blockade|author=Joseph Varghese|date=4 June 2018|publisher=Gulf Times|accessdate=18 July 2018}}
On 14 January 2018, Sidra launched its inpatient hospital with 400 beds, treating 10 patients on its initial day of opening. The hospital is expected to become fully commissioned sometime in 2018, after the construction of an emergency department and the addition of further services. On 13 May 2024, Sidra and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia announced they had entered into a memorandum of understanding to establish the first-ever pediatric bone marrow transplant program in Qatar.{{Cite web |last=Philadelphia |first=The Children's Hospital of |title=Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Sidra Medicine to Establish First-Ever Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program in Qatar {{!}} Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |url=https://www.chop.edu/news/chop-and-sidra-medicine-establish-first-ever-pediatric-bone-marrow-transplant-program |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=www.chop.edu |language=en}}
Roughly 3,900 staff members were retained by Sidra at the time of inaugurating its inpatient hospital.
See also
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External links
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- [http://www.sidra.org Sidra Medical and Research Center website]
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