Qatar to phase out private clinics

A senior official at Qatar's Supreme Council of Health has said that all clinics in Qatar run by general practitioners will be phased out in three years, the Peninsula has reported. General practitioners running clinics will be given three years' time to upgrade their status to that of a specialist or move into other licensed clinics or hospitals, Dr Jamal Rashid Al Khanji, acting director of the Medical Licensing Department at SCH told the daily. Currently, there are about 60 clinics in Qatar run by general practitioners.