Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)’s staff and their families will participate in a range of activities to mark National Sport Day (NSD tomorrow.
The main venue will be Bayt Al Dhiyafah in Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City (HBKMC), where more than 1,000 people will take part in the activities, including a walkathon, starting at 8am from the Nurses Club, and the mini football tournament to be held at the Nurses Club.
Staff and their families as well as patients and visitors to Al Wakra and Al Khor Hospitals and The Cuban Hospital will take part in separate events organised at the hospitals. The activities will be held from 7am to 12noon at Bayt Al Dhiyafah and across other
locations.
The HMC National Sport Day Organising Committee has also lined up a full range of other healthy and fun activities, including sports training, basketball, handball and table tennis, in and around HBKMC. At the Kids’ Zone, more fun activities have been planned.
HMC is also joining the Ministry of Public Health and Primary Health Care Corporation for National Sport Day events being held at Aspire Park. There will be a 1.5km walkathon as well as free basic health checks and other activities.
Shamma Abdulla Behair, director of PR and community engagement at HMC’s corporate communications department, said National Sport Day highlights the country’s commitment to a healthy and productive population.
“This special day highlights our commitment to a healthy society and we are pleased to join with major government departments and other organisations to work together for a healthy future,” she added.