Director of Marketing and Communications for AFC U-23 Cup Emphasizes Aspetar’s Role in Success of Continental Tournament

Doha: Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital provided distinguished medical services for the players of the teams participating in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, which recently concluded its activities in Doha. This came according to a partnership agreement between the Local Organizing Committee for the tournament and the hospital. The hospital offered a wide range of medical services to the players through a team of highly skilled doctors and medical staff in various stadiums of the tournament. These services included providing the necessary care and treatment for sports injuries, offering medical advice related to sports injuries and the methods of prevention and treatment, and cooperating with several local partners to provide emergency medical care and ambulance services in all stadiums and facilities that hosted the competitions. Hassan Rabea Al Kuwari, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at the Local Organizing Committee for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, praised the extensive experience an d high-level services provided by Aspetar to the participants, considering them one of the main factors that contributed to the success of the tournaments, including the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. He pointed to the global reputation Aspetar possesses in the field of sports medicine worldwide, highlighting that the partnership between the two parties, thanks to the advanced and prestigious equipment available at the hospital, contributed to providing the best possible care for the rising stars of Asian football, which confirms Qatar's position as a leading sports destination on all levels. Al Kuwari mentioned that the list of medical care services provided by Aspetar hospital to the players included massage and physiotherapy sessions dedicated to the referees participating in the tournament, providing medical services and healthcare for the youth tournament around the clock, with a permanent presence of doctors in the teams' residences at the hotels as well as in the medical command center. On his part, Dr. Khalid Al Khalifa, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director of the Visiting Surgeons Program at Aspetar, and Chairman of the Medical Committee at the Local Organizing Committee for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, indicated that the hospital's cooperation in the continental tournament falls within a long legacy of providing support for players participating in the major sporting events hosted by the State of Qatar. In turn, Khaled Al Nuaimi, Director of Marketing and Communications at Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, highlighted that the hospital's participation in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup constituted a distinguished opportunity to shed light once again on the advanced services it offers in the field of sports medicine. He expressed his appreciation for the constructive bilateral relations with colleagues in the Qatari football family and the Local Organizing Committee, which enhances the position of the State of Qatar as a leading destination for organizing major sporting events, and Aspetar's position as a center of medical excellence for the Asian Football Confederation. Source: Qatar News Agency