The Ministry of Health announced that 45 primary health care centers will operate during the Hijri New Year holiday in various health regions, Al Jarida reported. In the Capital Health District, four centers will operate 24 hours a day: Muhammad Thunayan Al-Ghanim in Sulaibikhat, Mirza Hassan Al-Ahqaqi in Daiya, Hamad Al-Saqer Specialist in Adailiya, and Jaber Al-Ahmad 2. Two other centers, Munira Al-Ayyar in Kaifan and Abdullah Youssef Al-Abdul-Hadi in Yarmouk, will operate from 7am to midnight.
In addition, the following primary health care centers will operate 24 hours a day in the Hawalli health area: Al-Rumaithiya Specialist, Sabah Al-Salem Al-Janout, Al-Salmiya Al-Gharbi, and Salwa Health, while Hawalli West and Mahmoud Haji Haider remain open from 7am to midnight. Meanwhile, in the Farwaniya Health District, the centers Al-Firdous Al-Janoubi, Al-Farwaniya Al-West, Al-Andalus, Al-Rabiya, and Abdullah Al-Mubarak will be open 24 hours a day. The Al-Osaimi Walks in Khaitan, Al-Ardiya Al-South, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Al-South, and Sabah Al-Nasser will operate from 7am to midnight.
Other primary health centers that will operate 24 hours a day during the holidays are Al-Sabahiya Al-Gharbi, Sabah Al-Ahmad A, Al-Khairan, Residential Al-Khairan, Al-Wafra Residential, Al-Wafra Agricultural, and Abdulaziz Al-Rashed in the Ahmadi area. While the Bnaider, Ali Sabah Al-Salem, Al-Raqqa, Jaber Al-Ali, Fahaheel Specialist, Al-Fintas Specialist, Sabah Al-Ahmad Marine City, and Al-Khairan Al-Bahri will be open from 7am till midnight. In the Mubarak Al-Kabeer health area, on the other hand, the following centers will operate 24 hours a day: Al-Adan Specialist and Al-Salam, while the following centers will operate from 7am to midnight: Bayan and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Al-Gharbi.
The ministry also announced that in the Jahra health district, the following primary health care centers will operate 24 hours a day: Al-Jahra Healthcare, Saad Al-Abdullah Block 2, Al-Qasr, and Abdali, while the Southern Sulaibiya center will remain open from 7am to midnight and the Al-Jahra Health Center, from 7am to 9pm.
Furthermore, the Central Blood Bank and the Cooperative Center for Blood Transfusion “Al-Adan” will receive blood donations from 7am to 7pm. Platelet donations will only be available at the Central Blood Bank in Jabriya from 7am to 3:30pm.