Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has successfully completed the spectators screening project for those who attended the FIFA Club World Cup, under the guidance of the Managing Director, Dr. Mariam Ali Abdul Malik.

It complemented the success achieved in managing the same project at the conclusion of H H the Amir Cup and AFC Finals 2020, following the methodology and the firm system starting from Project Strategic Planning to Operational Implementation Phase, said PHCC in a statement yesterday. 

PHCC, in partnership with Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), supported Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SCDL) in hosting the FIFA Club World Cup as per the new sports protocols, which were suited to the world’s COVID-19 current phase.

PHCC played a clear role by managing all the related activities for conducting COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing for the spectators within 72 hours before each match. As per the health regulations and protocols in Qatar, the stadia spectators' capacity allowed for the FIFA Club World Cup was 25% stadium capacity for each game including the final. 

PHCC team went live with Rapid Antigen Testing for around 25,000 of spectators at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC).

To organize and deliver such a unique and complex project with stakeholders from different organizations covering strategic to operational levels, this demanded a blend of project management and agile approach. 

The priority was to ensure everyone’s safety, in line with the measures implemented by the State of Qatar in alignment with FIFA Safety Protocols.

PHCC Project Director, Dr. Yasmin Ali, for this project, said, “I am extremely grateful to be entrusted to lead the Project - PHCC’s Planning and Management of screening spectators for FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020. Since we had been through the learning curve for the HH Amir Cup Finals, we continued to enhance the robust system we built, its processes, workflows etc. to fit the purpose. We have set up our Project Core Team – Corporate Project Management Office (CPMO) together with Emergency & Disaster Preparedness (EDP) in collaboration with Operations and other internal and external stakeholders.”

“As we got involved in planning and management of testing for HH Amir Cup Final, AFC Finals 2020   and FIFA Club World Cup 2020, we can see a striking similarity between Projects and Portfolio Management and Football Game. 

"Timely communication and constant reviewing of the processes during the implementation was very important for work success.”

Dr. Yasmine added, “We sometimes needed contingency plans (more than one plan) when something did not go as anticipated. The project team, Medical Operations Team and other supporting team (IPAC, OHS, IT) all were very adaptive and flexible in the response to agile nature of this project and changing some of these plans.”

“I would sincerely express my heartfelt gratitude to our MD, Dr. Mariam Ali Abdulmalik for her supervision and support for all and continuous guidance for the mission to succeed. Overall, this has been a very collaborative and cross-sectoral effort between PHCC, MoPH, HMC and SCDL to protect the health of the community of Qatar for those who had attended this sporting event following unprecedented health measures.”