e-Registration for Medical Check-up Service Launched on Hukoomi


Service Reduces Queues & Saves Workers' Time

e-Registration for check-up serviceScreenshot from the service
No longer would workers have to wait in lines to register for their medical check-ups. A new Hukoomi service launched by ictQATAR on the 19th of October 2009, the electronic registration service for workers will make life easier & add to Hukoomi's portfolo of e-services.

The service - launched in cooperation with the Supreme Health Council & the Minsitry of Interior will serve company representitives who will be able to register for newcomers easily and quickly. Companies will be able to access the service through Hukoomi website at www.gov.qa  and www.sch.gov.qa  and conveniently register their workers' data for the medical check-up, said Ahmed Al Kuwari, Government IT Platforms Manager, ictQATAR's Government Information Management Office.  

Under the new system, companies already listed on Hukoomi will have easy access to the portal. They can make electronic payment and a receipt showing next appointment will be issued immediately.

The companies will also be prompted by a mobile text message once their results are ready. After the e-registration inauaguration ceremomy held under the patronage of HE the Minister of Public Health Abdullah bin Khalid al-Qahtani, four companies were already availing the opportunity provided by the system by registering online. 

The service is aimed at companies having 10 employees and above in order to ease our facility and make services being rendered faster, expressed Mohammed Al Mutawa, IT Manager, Supreme Council of Health. He added that the online registration will also reduce waiting time considerably.

"If for instance, a company representative used to spend one hour before to register his employees, I don't think it will take him more than 20 minutes now as he must have uploaded the bulk of the data during the online registration process," he added.

The GMC acting director Dr Ahmed Ismail explained that apart from reducing over-crowding, the new facility will also increase overall productivity of the commission.

"Before, we were handling up to 2,500 applications daily, but now with the online registration, we will be able to attend to around 3,500 and hopefully in the future after evaluating the new system, we would ask employers of housemaids and drivers to apply for their medical check-ups online," he said.


"The electronic registration service for workers will make life easier & add to Hukoomi's portfolo of e-services."
 -- Ahmed Al Kuwari, Government IT Platforms Manager, ictQATAR


He added that the commission might consider making individual applications to its service online as well in the future. Dr Ismail said that the results would also be made available online to the Ministry of Interior for smooth running of other immigration processing.

The official disclosed that the GMC was working closely with the SCH on upgrading its facilities to accommodate more applicants. "We have tendered a proposal to the SCH for extension of our building and we hope to achieve this within the next two years," he said.

(Source: ictQATAR - Gulf Times)





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