International Patient Services
If you are planning to travel from overseas to Sidra Medicine for treatment, the International Patient Services team will support throughout your time at our hospital. From your first interaction with our medical staff until the time you return home, our team will be with you at every step of the way.
We offer comprehensive services including:
- Appointments and scheduling
- Medical records and treatment plan coordination
- Hospital admission process
- Cost of care estimates and financial counseling
- Access to health records on the patient portal
- Pharmacy refills for post-care in the home country
- Air ambulances services
- Leisure, tourism, shopping, and entertainment
- Long-term and short-term accommodation reservations
- Childcare services
- Language interpreters and medical interpretation in 11 languages
- Travel advice: visas, flights, airport to hospital transfers and car rental arrangements
Sidra Medicine specialists provide online second opinions to patients and health care providers. These are also provided through video consultation, eliminating the need to travel.
The International Patient Services office is led by the internationally renowned Professor Prof. Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, FACC. MSCAI. FAHA, who speaks Arabic and English.
He is the Director of the International Office and senior attending physician, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases.
Please download our brochure for more information on our specialty services and our services for international patients.
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