MoPH launches electronic portal for medical treatment abroad for citizens

Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched an online portal for medical relations and treatment abroad for citizens.

The portal is one of the important projects aimed at upgrading the level of medical relations and treatment services abroad and providing them according to the highest standards and best practices in this field.

Through the electronic portal, many services are provided, most notably: follow-up of treatment approvals abroad, coverage of treatment for a patient abroad, compensation for treatment expenses abroad, or submitting a grievance against the decision of the treatment committee abroad.

Through the portal, requests can also be submitted: adding companions, upgrading tickets, changing the destination country of treatment, in addition to issuing books related to treatment abroad, and the portal also allows follow-up on the status of the request and its decisions.

Director of the Medical Relations and Abroad Treatment Department at MoPH, Dr. Ghalia Al Harami, said: “The launch of the portal comes within the framework of the Ministry’s keenness to facilitate and streamline procedures for citizens in line with the state’s efforts towards providing electronic services, and in a way that serves the citizen’s right to obtain high-quality healthcare locally and abroad, as the state has provided treatment services abroad to citizens free of charge. She also added that the department is working to organize such procedures in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, while ensuring quality, expedited processing and optimal handling.”