Health Sector Virtual Response/Part1

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

The Ministry worked with different entities on several initiatives to reduce patients’ visits to hospitals and health centres as much as possible in order to comply with the measures of social distancing and reduce the spread of COVID-19. It provides telephone/video medical consultations and virtual appointments with doctors where patients enter virtual consultation rooms.

Country

Qatar

Institution

Ministry of Public Health