QRI Initiative to Train Patients in Sport Activities
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BUSINESS | 14 SPORT | 16 Turkey rolls Al Attiyah eyes out new third Asiad economic plan gold Saturday 11 August 2018 | 29 Dhul-Qa’da I 1439 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 23 | Number 7615 | 2 Riyals Ɲ@ Qatar's Fastest Mobile Network Ɲ®ƝƝ® beIN Sports bags QRI initiative to Mena media rights for Premier train patients in League matches THE PENINSULA sport activities DOHA: On the eve of the start of the 2018/19 Premier League season, the Premier FAZEENA SALEEM “This program will League and beIN Sports have THE PENINSULA benefit patients announced a multi-year who have the ability media rights deal whereby DOHA: The Qatar Rehabili- beIN Sports will broadcast tation Institute (QRI) through a and interest to exclusively all Premier unique initiative plans to train become athletes. League football matches in its patients with potentials in We hope that with the Middle East and North sport activities. training we can get Africa (Mena) for the three The program will be intro- seasons 2019/20 – 2021/22. duced as part of QRI’s aim to them participate beIN Sports is the reintegrate patients into the in the upcoming incumbent exclusive broad- community. Paralympics,” said Barge to help instal underwater pipeline caster of the Premier League “QRI has initiated the Dr Wafa Al Yazeedi, in Mena, however the new program with Qatar Paralympic deal – signed in London yes- Committee and Aspetar to train Chairperson of QRI. People looking at a barge anchored at the Doha Corniche to install an underwater pipeline to the terday by Richard Scudamore, and supervise the patients,” Dr Qatar National Museum. PIC: SALIM MATRAMKOT/THE PENINSULA. Executive Chairman of the Wafa Al Yazeedi, Chairperson Premier League, and Nasser of QRI told The Peninsula. skills needed to regain their Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO “This program will benefit independence and reintegrate of beIN Media Group – will patients who have the ability into the community. mean that beIN Sports is the and interest to become athletes. “At the QRI, we are making exclusive home of Premier We hope that with training we a real positive difference to the Brisk business in school stationery League football in Mena for can get them participate in the lives of our patients. We do not the next four seasons, said a upcoming Paralympics,” she just provide rehabilitation statement issued yesterday. said. services to patients but help Premier League fans in “We have initiated this very patients go back into the com- as summer break draws to a close Mena will be able to watch all unique program with Qatar munity,” said Dr Al Yazeedi. 380 games per season exclu- AMNA PERVAIZ RAO Paralympic Committee and QRI is also working with slogan ‘get ready for school with a good number of customers. sively live on beIN, in addition Aspetar to train and supervise Hamad Medical Corporation’s THE PENINSULA deals so cool’. “As schools opening will to having access to compre- patients while they are in the (HMC) general hospitals in Al Talking to The Peninsula, come closer, customers rush will hensive magazine pro- hospital,” Dr Al Yazeedi added. Khor, Al Wakra as well as the DOHA: As summer vacations of an expatriate mother said: “ increase manifold,” said a gramming, including pre- and QRI is the region’s largest Cuban Hospital and Hamad different schools draw to an end Every year I prefer Lulu Hyper- salesman at a bookstore in Old post-match shows, as well as tertiary rehabilitation hospital, General Hospital to link the in the last week of this month market for back-to-school Airport area. daily highlights and weekly providing high-quality rehabil- services with the community. many parents have started shopping where we get Excitement of children has wrap-up programmes. itation services through the QRI’s services are linked back-to-school preparations amazing set of stationery at a come to the next level for Further, through beIN’s most technologically advanced with the Primary Health Care and shopping. reasonable price and that too schools after a long summer market-leading OTT service, patient-centred care. QRI’s Corporation (PHCC), and Step Parents are rushing to tailors of good quality.” break. beIN Connect, subscribers will patient centred, interdisci- Down facilities of HMC, for uniform orders or collection She said that she had Sumit, a student of Newton be able to watch all Premier plinary approach is delivered including the Residential Care while many are preparing lists bought a set of school bags at a International School at a book League content, including the across the Stroke, Traumatic Compound (RCC 1), one of the of schools essentials to avoid last reasonable price. “This time I store said: “Preparations are live streaming of matches, across Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, long-term care facilities and minute hustle. Numerous bought for my son a set of car- almost coming to an end and a web, tablet and mobile devices. Musculoskeletal/Pain Man- Enaya Specialized Care Center, retailers have launched back- themed trolley school bag with few things are left to buy. We beIN Sports is the flagship agement and Pediatric Reha- both operated by Rumailah Hos- to-school offers as well on sta- pencil box, lunch box and water have come to buy our school sports channel of beIN Mdeia bilitation Programs. pital, which provide an tionery and other school related bottle for only QR109. Hyper- bags. Our uniforms were col- Group, which has rapidly Meanwhile, QRI has suc- advanced care system for long- items. markets make it easy for lected from our school a week become one of the leading cessfully introduced many ini- term patients with chronic ill- On visiting hypermarkets children and parents to select ago. We are very excited to go sports and entertainment tiatives helping patients tran- nesses, as well as Bayt Aman, the parents are burdened by what they want easily.” back to school and meet our groups in the world with an sitioning back to the com- assistive living accommodation demands of their children who Shopping trolleys were full friends and teachers after a long unparalleled roster of global munity. The institute supports for labourers awaiting are excited to buy new things of notebooks, files, pens and break.” sports and entertainment recruitment of people with dis- repatriation. for schools. The sight was pencils as children chose bags, A number of parents were rights and content (including abilities by providing job eval- “Wherever there is a reha- familiar at the Lulu Hyper- water bottles and lunch boxes seen outside tailor shops and Miramax studios), but also uations and student assess- bilitation facility — it can only market where parents were from a vast variety displayed on different school-uniform shops through its state-of-the-art ments, helping them go back to help the person recover. But the found shopping for school items the shelves. to purchase school uniforms and production and distribution work or continue education. community is where the person with their children. The management of most of collect their orders from the facilities and its world-leading A Simulated Living Suite should go back and the com- Lulu Hypermarket has come major supermarkets and book- tailors. pundits, analysts and talent. opened at QRI last year is munity should accept the up with an exciting ‘School stores selling back-to-school helping patients re-learn the person,” said Dr Al Yazeedi. Time’ offer having marketing goods said they were receiving →CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 →CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Anime gaining popularity in Qatar RAYNALD C RIVERA When she was a child, Al Ali approaching this popular art form, THE PENINSULA said she thought she was the only which she says, varies depending one obsessed with anime that she on the medium she uses. DOHA: Anime is a popular art used to call herself an otaku cre- Her inspiration is mainly form with a continuously growing ating fan art. based on personal experiences, fandom in Qatar extending among “But when I grew up I found emotions and philosophy in life. Qatari artists evidenced by out that the anime community For this exhibition, her collection “Colour Bar”- an exhibition here in Doha is huge and I found focuses on a world a girl creates recently opened in Katara dedi- out that so many people are for her which she holds dear and cated to this genre. watching anime and that they protects. The exhibition currently on have a club, there are cosplayers She is thankful for Katara show at Katara Building 19 fea- and collectors,” she added. organising the exhibition and pro- tures a collection of 38 artworks “Anime is very famous here viding artists like her the chance by six Qatari artists with passion but unfortunately it’s a little bit an to show their work to people. for anime and animation. underrated art, so if I’m aiming to “Most of the time, we show “I think the popularity of have a personal exhibition and it our work on the Internet through anime mostly started with my gen- will only be about anime, I don’t Instagram, Twitter and other eration because when we were think it will have similar social media but to meet people, young we liked to watch anime acceptance in society than if I let them see our work in person, dubbed in Arabic on national TV make another exhibition on cul- interact and get feedback from which were very famous here,” tural things like falcons,” she said. them is a totally different expe- Kholoud Al Ali, one of the artists Having started engaging in rience,” she said.