Knee Surgeon for Patients in Doha

Getting to Aman Hospital from around Doha

Aman Hospital sits on Airport Street (Street 310) in Zone 47, the Old Airport area in the south-east of the city, close to F Ring Road. Because Doha's ring roads fan out from the Corniche, most drivers simply follow the nearest ring road, whether C, D, E or F Ring, round to the Old Airport side and turn onto Airport Street.

The Doha Metro Red Line has two stations in the Old Airport district, Al Matar Al Qadeem and Oqba Ibn Nafie. Riders on the Gold or Green Line can change to the Red Line at Msheireb. From the station, a short taxi ride or Metrolink feeder bus covers the last stretch; check the final leg in a map app before you set off, especially in summer, when walking outdoors at midday is uncomfortable with a sore knee.

City life and the knee

Doha is a city of very different routines, and the knee problems that come into clinic reflect that. Evening padel and five-a-side football leagues produce twisting injuries, meniscus tears and ACL ruptures. Runners and walkers on the Corniche and in the city's parks often notice pain at the front of the knee as they build up distance. Many office workers sit for long hours and then train hard at the weekend, which can bring on kneecap pain or tendon irritation.

At home, kneeling and floor sitting for prayer and family gatherings put deep bending load on the knee, so patients with early arthritis or a meniscus problem often notice their symptoms first during sujood. Older residents may have a knee that has been worn for years and now limits walking around the mall or climbing stairs. A consultation looks at the person in front of us, not a label: the same pain can have very different causes in a young footballer and a grandparent.

What to bring and how booking works

Call Aman Hospital on +974 4400 4400 or email qatar@drgelber.com to book. Whether you need a referral or approval first depends on your insurer, so check with them and with the hospital when you book.

• Your Qatar ID or passport and insurance card
• Any previous X-rays or MRI scans, ideally the images on a disc or link as well as the written report
• A list of your medicines, including blood thinners
• Shorts or loose trousers so the knee can be examined
• Notes on when the problem started and what makes it worse

When to go to the emergency department instead

Do not wait for a clinic appointment if the knee is hot, red and swollen with a fever, if you cannot put any weight on it after an injury, if the leg looks deformed, or if the calf becomes swollen and painful. Those signs need same-day emergency care. For everything else, a planned consultation with a knee surgeon is the right place to start.