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_Source: Gulf Times 16 May 2016_
*Procedures laid down for repatriating bodies*
The repatriation and burial procedures at the new Humanitarian Services
Office, located near the Hamad
General Hospital Mortuary, will
be provided through teamwork
between several ministries and
organisations.
These are the Ministry of In-
terior (MoI) - security depart-
ments, police stations and the
forensic centre, Ministry of
Public Health (MoPH), Ministry
of Foreign Aff airs (MoFA) - de-
partment of consular aff airs,
Hamad Medical Corporation
(HMC), Qatar Airways and Pub-
lic Prosecution, as well as co-or-
dinators from diff erent embas-
sies and consulates, according to
a statement from the MoI.
The new office was formally
opened yesterday to provide
simplifi ed procedures for the
repatriation of the bodies of
expatriates who die in Qatar
and also for their local burial, if
required.
The procedures to be followed
are as follows, along with docu-
ments that need to be provided:
*1. HMC (counters 1 and 2 at the
office)* - produce the passport of
the deceased and ID of the per-
son who reports the death, fill up
the death registration form and
collect the death report issued
by the doctor concerned.
*2. MoPH (counters 3 and 4)*:
collect the death report issued
by the HMC, collect the pass-
port of the deceased, collect the
ID of the person who reports the
death, collect the death registra-
tion form, collect the consent
form of handing over the body -
issued by the police (if the death
occurred outside the hospital).
The MoPH issues the death
certificate, embalming certifi -
cate and documents for repatri-
ating bodies (letter to Customs,
letter to a health department
official in the country of the de-
ceased and letter to mortuary). It
is also responsible for issuance
of the death declaration.
*3. MoI (counters 5, 6 and 7)*:
issuance of the “To whom it may
concern” certificate, cancella-
tion of the residence permit (RP)
of the deceased and exit permit
for the bodies.
Documents required for can-
cellation of the RP are a copy of
the death certifi cate, RP cancel-
lation application, copy of the
ID of the sponsor, original ID or
original ID missing report and
passport of the deceased.
Documents needed to obtain
“To whom it may concern” cer-
tifi cate are a copy of the death
certifi cate, copy of the embalm-
ing certifi cate, copy of the death
report and a letter from the police of the death if it took place
outside the hospital.
Documents required to get the
exit permit for bodies are the exit
declaration, death certifi cate,
passport of the deceased and RP
cancellation.
*4. Qatar Airways (counter 8)*:
here, the “cargo policy” is to be
issued along with the ticket for
the person accompanying the
body.
*5. Documents required by the embassy of the country of the
deceased* are a copy of the death certificate, copy of the death re-
port and the “To whom it may
concern” certificate issued by
the MoI.
The consular affairs depart-
ment at MoFA will facilitate co-
ordination between the offi ce
and embassies for the issuance of a no-objection certifi cate (from
the embassy concerned) in order
to repatriate the body outside the
country as soon as possible, the
MoI statement notes.
Following are the contact de-
tails of different counters at the
and 40253365, and Qatar Airways
- 40253374. The fax number of
the offi ce is 40380855.