6 categories receive free healthcare services

The Official newspaper published Cabinet Decision No. 10 of 2023 defining the categories for which health care services are provided in government health facilities free of charge and the limits of these services.

According to the decision, healthcare services are provided free of charge in facilities for the following categories:

1. Non-Qatari women married to Qatari citizens.

2. Children of Qatari women married to non-Qatari citizens.

3. Widows or divorced non-Qatari women married to Qatari citizens, unless remarried to a non-Qatari.

4. Holders of temporary residence permits.

5. Orphans registered in care homes.

6. Foundlings and individuals with unknown paternity.