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Qatar's universal healthcare scheme Seha marks one year since launch http://dohane.ws/1pxwMpP

It’s been one year since the launch of the first phases of Qatar’s new universal healthcare scheme Seha, a program that has elicited mixed reactions from residents.

So far, Seha can only be used by the local population.

Over the past year, almost 230,000 visits have been made at various hospitals and clinics from Qataris using Seha services, according to the Qatar National Health Insurance…

New clinics on board as health insurance scheme expands to cover all Qataris http://dohane.ws/1mX1M2h

Eight new private polyclinics will be now be covered under Qatar’s national health insurance scheme, which has launched stage two of its program today.

Seha (Arabic for health) now covers all Qatari residents, a move that is the latest step in a plan to provide Qatar with a universal healthcare insurance system following new legislation passed last year.

The government has committed to paying…

Health coverage extended to all Qataris as providers struggle with influx

Advancing plans to roll out universal health coverage in Qatar, the National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) has announced that phase two of its plan will take effect on April 30.

That means all Qataris will be entitled to free care for their basic health needs at most of the country’s major hospitals by the end of the month, as part of the renamed Seha (health) scheme.

Phase 1 of the plan was