Dr. Ahmed Elhag
Committed to providing the highest quality primary healthcare services, the Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Center offers 24/7 services that includes their Emergency Department (ED). Find out more about this Department as Dr. Ahmed Elhag, Resident Adult ER, answers some questions about the ED.
Which types of services are provided in your Emergency Department?
When a patient presents to the ED, he/she will be seen first by the ED registered nurse and she will take an initial history and place the patient in the bed and take his vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature), then the ED physician will assess and examine the patient and make a provisional diagnosis.
Based on the patient’s symptoms, the ED physician will decide whether the patient needs IV analgesia, IV fluids, to extract blood for investigations or to request an imaging modality that fits the patient complaints.
What will you do if a service is not available or if a patient needs further management and/or hospital admission?
When we encounter such cases that needs either to be evaluated by a specialized physician or needs an imaging modality (eg. CT scan or MRI) that will add more to the diagnosis, at that event, we will coordinate with our command center, Tele-Emergency Center (TEC), to transfer the patient to another HMG branch that has the required facility.
What if a patient prefers to be examined and treated at his/her home, are there such services provided by your Emergency Department?
We have our Rapid Response Team (RRT), which consists of our professional paramedics, ER registered nurse, and the ER physician. The team will be prepared with all the necessary equipment. If a patient requests such a service, he/she should call (011-52-59555).
What are the operating hours at your Emergency Department?
We have 24/7 services that include the Emergency Department, Radiology Department, Laboratory Department and Pharmacy. In case of emergency, please call 011-52-59555.
