If you take your RP and a photocopy of your passport and RP, 1 photo and 100qr to the Rumeila Hospital, to the desk just inside the main entrance, they will give you a receipt that also gives you immediate cover and an HMC number that you would need to access services. You then return 1 month later and they give you the card. The ladies on this desk are really friendly, the whole thing took me about 5 minutes. You need to check that your company isn't taking care of this first though. jj