The event in the hospital’s auditorium, which is due to coincide with the final day of the World Championships on October 15, will be attended by some of the field’s most renowned experts from both Qatar and around the world.

The conference will consider several topics, including facial and dental injuries in boxing, oral health and sports performance, surgical management of mandibular fractures and oral injury prevention.  

As the official and exclusive medical partner of this year’s World Championships, the hospital is providing a number of medical services during the competition as part of its National Sport Medicine Programme (NSMP).

Services include an on-site team of doctors and experts, who will be able to provide immediate care to athletes, in addition to ambulances and a mobile clinic.

Aspetar’s sports dentistry department has created the Middle East’s first dental emergency kit that can help treat any in-competition injuries where oral trauma may occur, and assist in keeping athletes safe from further injury, it is claimed. 

Furthermore, as part of the NSMP, Aspetar collaborates with clubs, federations and the Qatar Olympic Committee, providing medical services to athletes participating in major sport events held in Qatar.

Aspetar is the first hospital of its kind in the Middle East, providing top-level medical treatment to all athletes in a state-of-the-art facility which they say sets new standards internationally.

During last year's Asian Games in Incheon, Aspetar and the Qatar Medical Committee were awarded the Sheikh Ahmed Al Fahad Hiroshima Asia Fund Science Award at a special ceremony attended by a representative from each of the 45 countries which took part in the quadrennial continental event.

Aspetar was officially accredited as a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence by world football's governing body's Medical and Research Centre in 2009.

Five years later, it was recognised by the International Olympic Committee's Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.

Aspetar is a member organisation of Aspire Zone Foundation, Qatar’s innovative sports and healthy lifestyle destination, and this year has been recognised as the International Handball Federation's Reference Centre for Athlete and Referee Health.



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