The establishment of a medical toxicology consulting service for advancing care of poisoning and overdose in Qatar.

The State of Qatar, in recent decades, underwent rapid, and substantial population growth. The country's emergency medicine (EM) needs are met by government-operated facilities of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), which see virtually all acute-care cases in adults and children. In 2017, emergency departments (ED) established the Medical Toxicology Consulting Service (MTCS).