www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 Qatar and Doha Diamond UAE to boost League to welcomee a joint investments host of championss TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 • 26 Rajab 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6785 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar OPINION Schools and colleges Emir meets UAE Foreign Minister in Qatar to introduce anti-graft lessons Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi Editor-in-Chief administration and pharmacy, among oth- ers,” Attorney General H E Dr Ali bin Fetais A two-year master’s Al Marri, who is also chairman of the Centre, Aleppo weeps programme on combating said yesterday. “Such a masters programme corruption has been has been introduced for the first time in the world,” he added. for urgent help introduced by the Rule of An anti-corruption curriculum is also Law and Anti-Corruption being developed in collaboration with the n intense series of Centre, in collaboration United Nations for students from primary killings and destruc- schools to the university level to combat the Ative bombardment with the UK-based menace of corruption. by different parties are tak- University of Essex. Qatar University has also shown interest ing place in Syria, despite to introduce anti-corruption subjects for stu- repeated promises to stop dents of its College of Law. Gradually it will them through the so-called be adopted in other specialisations, said Al Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Geneva talks. Negotiations By Sanaullah Ataullah Marri. He was addressing the third meeting Zayed Al Nahyan at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The UAE Foreign Minister is visiting Qatar are expected, they say, to The Peninsula of the Board of Trustees of the Rule of Law to participate in the Sixth Session of Qatar-UAE Joint Higher Committee. result in a ceasefire in order and Anti-Corruption Centre, at Ritz Carlton to pave the way for a polit- Hotel yesterday. ical process which will The event was organised by the Center involve all a wide political DOHA: Qatar will soon have a unique mas- under the theme “ Combating corruption in spectrum, and components ters programme on combating corruption the Arab World- challenges and prospects”. Expat worker tested positive for MERS of the Syrian people. and preparations are also under way to The meeting was attended by former The killings in Aleppo by introduce anti-corruption topics in school Tunisian president Dr Moncef Marzouki, Bashar Al Assad’s forces, curriculum. former president of the Swiss Confederation, supported by Russia and The two-year master’s programme Micheline Calmy-Reynian, former Jorda- The Peninsula eases that usually cause immunity suppression. other militias are horrific. on ‘rule of law and combating corrup- nian prime minister, Awn Al Khasawneh He was admitted to Hamad General Hospital Since the beginning of the tion’ has been introduced by the Rule of and former US secretary of justice Michael with common symptoms and was tested positive current wave of aggression Law and Anti-Corruption Centre, in col- Mukasey, among other board members for MERS-CoV during the routine medical examina- in Aleppo, more than 250 laboration with the UK-based University and dignitaries. “There is short, medium DOHA: A 40-year old expatriate camel worker has tions, despite that he did not exhibit any respiratory people have been killed in of Essex. The programme will be open and long term solutions to curb corruption been tested positive for MERS-CoV virus, in the sec- related symptoms. Currently, the patient’s condition brutal bombings in the first for Qatari and expatriate students from in the community. Anti-corruption educa- ond confirmed case in Qatar since the beginning of is stable and he is receiving the necessary medical two days. Some reports say September this year. tional programs for schools and university this year. The patient was neither in contact with a care in the isolation ward, according to the national the toll reached 700. Many “Initially the programme is only for law students is one of them,” said Al Marri. suspected MERS case nor he has been abroad over protocol for infection prevention and control. houses and hospitals were students but gradually it will be extended the past two weeks, the Ministry of Public Health damaged in the city. to all specialisations like engineering, → Continued on page 5 said yesterday. He is also free from chronic dis- → Continued on page 4 Everything has become clear to all regarding what is happening behind the scenes and agreements made behind screens. It is HMC to open seven clear that such things cannot take place without the con- sent of super and influential hospitals by next year powers. Our wise leader- ship has spared no effort to try to stop the massacres in The Peninsula of services,” he added. The new pur- Syria, particularly in Aleppo, pose built, 65-bed Communicable by moving at Arab and inter- Diseases Center will be dedicated to national levels. the care, treatment, prevention and Qatari diplomats, DOHA: Over 1,100 new hospital beds research of communicable diseases. headed by the Minister of will be created in Qatar by the end The new Women’s Wellness and Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh of next year, with opening of seven Research Center (WWRC) will be a Mohammed bin Abdurrah- new public hospitals under Hamad tertiary care provider and specialist man Al Thani, called for a Medical Corporation (HMC), includ- hub for women’s health services with meeting of the Arab League ing three facilities exclusively for a capacity for up to 15,000 births to discuss the ongoing expatriate male single workers. per year. The WWRC will offer 260 crimes in Aleppo, and to This the biggest expansion plan beds and 53 neonatal intensive care take necessary measures undertaken by the HMC in more than cots and 48 step-down (intermedi- to stop it. In addition, Qatar a decade, creating almost 60 new ate) cots. has used its contacts at a hospital beds every month over the The new Ambulatory Care global level to explain the next 18 months, HMC said yesterday. Center will provide outpatient clinic miserable conditions the New beds will be created in spe- services together with a range of Syrians are experiencing in cialties where there is high demand elective clinical procedures to adult Aleppo due to bombings by for services and enable more patients who will not require an the regime’s forces and its patients to access care at these new, overnight stay. Some of the patients supporters. state-of-the-art hospitals. will require anesthesia or a period of The international com- The new facilities include the post-procedure observation, or both. munity needs to take its Women’s Research and Wellness The 38,000sqm Qatar Reha- responsibility in accordance Center and three workers-only hos- bilitation Institute with 193 beds will with the rule of law and pitals being set up in Doha, Al Khor provide comprehensive and integrated global norms to stop this and Mesaieed Industrial Areas, with rehabilitation services for adults and aggression. While the world 112 beds each. “The delivery of these children. The three new hospitals for powers previously quickly seven new hospitals – including new male labourers will provide easy-to- intervened in other countries facilities for women’s health and the access, high quality health care closer to protect civilians, their luke- region’s first specialist ambulatory to their communities. warm response to the Syrian care center - reinforces Hamad’s Four of the new facilities- Com- crisis has cast serious doubts commitment to giving the people of municable Diseases Center, Women’s on their credibility. The horri- Qatar high quality, world class hos- Research and Wellness Center, Qatar fying crimes have compelled pitals, facilities and healthcare,” said Rehabilitation Institute and Ambu- the Arab and Islamic coun- Hamad Al Khalifa, HMC’s Chief of latory Care Center –are being tries to take a stern decision Healthcare Facilities. established in an around Hamad to end the disaster. “These new hospitals and facil- bin Khalifa Medical City (HBKMC). Countries in the region ities will revolutionise healthcare Building on recent new facility should also take a firm delivery in Qatar by increasing bed openings including the Neuroang- stand to end the sufferings capacity and giving our patients iography Suite at Hamad General of the Syrians. It is high time faster access to specialized care Hospital and the Enaya Continuing for them to reformulate the where and when they need it. The Care Center for women, children and region in line with security, new hospitals and facilities will also adolescents, HMC has also overseen stability, freedom and peo- significantly free up capacity at our a significant expansion of services ple’s dignity. existing hospitals to enable the con- outside of Doha bringing care closer tinued development and expansion to patients. 02 TUESDAY 3 MAY 2016 HOME Emir meets Anti-Corruption Centre Board Members Emir meets US Senator Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met members of the Board of Trustees of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The members were in Doha for the third meeting of the board and included former Tunisian president Mohammed Moncef Marzouki, former Swiss president Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey, former Jordan premier Awn Al Khasawneh and former US attorney general Michael Mukasey. The Emir praised their efforts towards establishing the principle of the rule of law and combatting corruption at the regional and international levels Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met US Senator and Senate Intelligence Committee Member and expressed support, wishing them success in their meeting.