During the visit, Aspetar officials provided explanations to the attendees about the course of the work of the championship medical committee, and then took them on a tour of the hospital. Afterword’s, the visiting medical delegations expressed great appreciation of the modern techniques used, especially those related to physiotherapy, assessments, screening, and podiatry.

Aspetar is the National Medical Supplier of IAAF Doha-2019, with Dr. Juan Manuel Alonso, Chief medical officer of IAAF world Championship – Doha 2019, supervising a team of more than 100 doctors and physiotherapists, who provide all the medical support to the participants around the clock.

Through Aspetar’s National Sports Medicine Program, Aspetar provides the best medical care to various participants during the competition; in the training venue and within the accommodation of delegations. Collaborating with our partners from, Hamad Corporation, The Qatar Red Crescent foundation and the Qatar Ministry of Public Health.

As a result of the presence of Aspetar Hospital a few meters away from the place of competition and warm-ups, it offers integrated and high-quality services for all participants. Aspetar crews work in the warm-up stadium adjacent to the hospital where there is a fixed Aspetar high tech clinic equipped with everything the medical staff needs.

Aspetar's medical staff consists of doctors, physiotherapists, masseurs, nurses and paramedics, in addition to a number of volunteers who are keen to provide the best medical services to all the delegations participating in the tournament. The Team is deployed all over the training sites at The Qatar Club and the delegation's residence, as well as their deployment along the Corniche during the night marathon competitions.

About Aspetar:

Aspetar is a world leading specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, and the first of its kind in the Middle East. Since 2007, with a world expert team, the hospital has provided top-level comprehensive medical treatment to all athletes in a state-of-the-art facility that sets new standards internationally.

In 2009, Aspetar was accredited as a “FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence” by F-MARC. In 2013, Aspetar was adopted as a reference collaborator centre by the Gulf Countries Council (GCC) Health Ministers Council and “IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health” in 2014.

In 2015, Aspetar has been recognised as the “IHF Reference Centre for Athlete and Referee Health”. In the same year, the hospital also achieved the obtained on December 15 the Accreditation Canada International (ACI) “Platinum Level”.

Aspetar is a member–organisation of Aspire Zone Foundation, Qatar’s innovative sports and healthy lifestyle destination.