Premier Inaugurates New Al-Razi Hospital
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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015 THULHIJJA 29, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net King rejects Dell to buy Poverty expert Pats roll past questioning data-storage Angus Deaton Cowboys Saudi role as giant EMC for wins Nobel to remain hajj13 organizer record21 $67bn Economics21 Prize unbeaten20 Premier inaugurates Min 26º Max 39º new Al-Razi Hospital High Tide 00:01 & 12:23 Dr Obaidi says opening marks development strategies Low Tide 06:22 & 18:35 40 PAGES NO: 16666 150 FILS KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- conspiracy theories Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday inaugurated the new Al-Razi Hospital in the specialized health Al- Sabah area. The ceremony was attended by a number Stop moaning of sheikhs, ministers and high ranking state officials from the PM’s diwan and the health ministry. Marking the event, Minister of Health Ali Saad Al-Obaidi deliv- ered a speech on the occasion, affirming Kuwait’s achievements in the health and developmental sec- tors, which were recognized by regional and interna- By Badrya Darwish tional organizations. The minister added that the new hospital is part of a comprehensive strategic plan by the ministry to improve the health system and provide better medical care. Obaidi said that the hospital will have an increase [email protected] of 80 percent in bed capacity to reach 540 after the project’s completion, noting its cost amounts to KD 31.4 million. The total area of buildings has reached i guys. I haven’t written for some time. Sorry, 28,000 sq m, he added, indicating the hospital has 10 but I’m fatigued because I’m not writing. I’m wings of 24 beds each. The project aims to refurbish Hfatigued with the news and that’s why I’m not and expand totally the main operating rooms and writing. All that I see around me is killing, corruption, operating rooms for accidents to reach 12 as well as x- hypocrisy and irresponsibility. And it’s killing me. I’m ray and physiotherapy departments and offices, he talking about the whole Middle East, as if people are made clear. walking dead. They have no more feelings, no more Obaidi pointed to the decline in the mortality rates passion. If you try to talk to them, it’s like talking to a KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- of infants and children under five years and rates of wall; talking to someone who has come out of a grave Sabah (center) cuts the ceremonial ribbon as Health Minister with no feelings and no responsibility. maternal mortality, affirming that Kuwait has provided Dr Ali Al-Obaidi (right) looks on during the inauguration of the protective vaccinations against childhood diseases, Daesh is thriving here and there. No government new Al-Razi Hospital yesterday. (Inset) Dr Obaidi speaks dur- can stop it. Either they are baking people or grilling or AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. shooting or cutting off heads or destroying heritage ing the opening. —Photos by KUNA and Joseph Shagra Continued on Page 2 or selling or raping women and children. And all of us are silent - it has become regular news. Or Syrian and Iraqi refugees sinking in the seas and jumping over walls and barriers in Europe to reach a safe haven, Kuwait to produce Ministers, officials urged to chased by security forces and tripped by camera- women. submit financial disclosures So what can I write about? Even at home, open the 4m bpd of oil by 2020 papers and thank God it’s not war, and though we KUWAIT: Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair said duction will exceed three million during the Panel recommends FATCA approval had a horrific bombing, I pray to God it will never be Kuwait still plans to produce 4 million barrels first quarter of 2016. As for the influence of repeated. But nowadays, all what we read about is the of oil a day by 2020, even as global crude US decision regarding exporting oil to the KUWAIT: The Cabinet has called on model and clear-cut message for abid- bad economy and the deficit and the scaremongering prices have slumped. Omair made the com- global markets, he stated that the decision ministers and senior officials of state ance by the law. that Kuwait is soon going to become a poor nation. ments yesterday at an oil and gas conference will not have any impact on OPEC. bodies to submit their financial disclo- Separately, the National Assembly’s As if Kuwait has no more oil and is finished, past in Kuwait City. Omair said Kuwait’s produc- Adsani said in a similar statement that tense. And we are getting donations from the United sure reports to the Anti-Corruption Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday tion now stood at 3 million barrels of oil a day the US decision will only affect light oil, not Nations. Authority as soon as possible. The call recommended the approval of the and that any US decision to export crude oil the Gulf or heavy crude. He noted that Please guys, media people, stop it! This is not was made by the Cabinet during its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act encouraging for the local market or investors or busi- wouldn’t have an impact on Kuwait. Kuwait seeks to import gas from Iran and customary weekly meeting held at (FATCA) agreement between Kuwait Meanwhile, CEO of Kuwait Oil Co Nizar Al- Iraq for operating electricity plants. He said nesspeople. It’s very demoralizing for middle class Bayan Palace yesterday under chair- and the US. The committee also rec- businessmen and the majority of us. If someone plans Adsani said Kuwait may import natural gas KOC signed this year a deal to establish from Iraq and Iran to power its electricity three collection centers with a capacity of manship of HH the Prime Minister ommended joining the cooperative to build a house, he will reconsider: Why should I ren- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- agreement for Arab states in Asia for ovate my house when we are approaching very bad plants. 100,000 barrels each, noting there are three Sabah. The Cabinet spoke highly of all research, development and training days - let me save my money. This comes on many Asked about oil prices, Omair said that facilities for early production with a capaci- levels. Say I want to buy a new car, but then I read the oil prices are determined by markets ty of 18,000 barrels. steps and measures taken by the related to nuclear science and tech- papers and think I better save the pennies I have. I through supply and demand and global Adsani underlined the importance of authority to fight corruption in the nology (ARASIA), the head of the com- talk to my friends and they are all in the same mood. economic growth. He said that the OPEC human resources in the area of industry, country, Minister of State for Cabinet mittee Hamad Al-Harshani said in a How can the country prosper, for God’s sake, when kept the output ceiling at 30 million barrels referring that the corporation seeks to train Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah statement following a committee ses- all we hear is financial gloom and doom? Are we real- per day during meetings in Nov 2014 and them for new projects and technology. He Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said in a press sion. They also advised the endorse- June 2015. Kuwait’s contracts are not affect- pointed out that the oil sector needs up to ly that poor and I didn’t know about it and all of a statement following the meeting. The ment of the agreement between sudden we are struck by poverty this year? OK, we ed by oil prices, he said, stressing the con- 30,000 workers after the start of environmen- Cabinet hailed the prime minister’s Kuwait and Egypt on double taxation had a bad year of oil prices going down. But it’s only tinuation of the country’s production plan. tal fuel projects, Al-Zour refinery and the been a year. So stop moaning. This doesn’t help the “We are seeking to achieve our aims. Today expansion of drilling towers. He said that submission of the financial disclosure avoidance and income tax evasion country or the nation. our production is about three million bar- about KD 32 billion will be invested in the report to the authority yesterday as a prevention. — KUNA rels per day,” he said, noting that the pro- five-year plan. — Agencies TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015 LOCAL New Al-Razi Hospital inaugurated Continued from Page 1 that what has been provided by the hos- pital to patients supports and enhances The minister said Kuwait’s achieve- the health system to respond to key chal- ments in the area of healthcare provided lenges in the sustainable development to people put it among leading countries plan. in this field based on the reports of the Obaidi said that the United Nations, World Health Organization and the 62nd by virtue of a General Assembly resolu- session of WHO Regional Committee for tion adopted in April 2014, called for Eastern Mediterranean. The committee’s addressing these challenges through set- praise of the advanced health level in ting out a working plan with multiple Kuwait is an “honor” for Kuwaitis, he stat- axes for road safety implemented during ed. A cooperation protocol with Canada’s 2011-2020. Ottawa University will be hammered out After the speech, participants at the beginning of 2016 to provide watched a documentary on future training courses for Kuwaiti doctors so as health projects in various governorates.