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Qatar sets up watchdog to fix healthcare prices

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HEALTH MOVE: The Supreme Council for Health will be responsible for healthcare in Qatar. (Getty Images)
HEALTH MOVE: The Supreme Council for Health will be responsible for healthcare in Qatar. (Getty Images)

Qatar has created a new watchdog to look after health services provided by both the government and the private sector in the Gulf state.

Known as the Supreme Council for Health, it will also supervise pharmacies, laboratories and training centres associated with healthcare and will be responsible for implementing a new health insurance law, officials said.

All primary health centres, government and private hospitals, including Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and its subsidiaries, private practitioners, nursing homes and medical rsearch and training centres will answer to the council, The Peninsula reported on Monday.

The council has also been empowered to fix the tariff of medical services provided by the state as well as private operators and decide on the pricing of medicines.


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