ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021 LOCAL 4 Employers ‘coercing’ laborers to work in scorching heat punished

PAM issues statistics on noon work ban

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11, (Agencies): Minis- try inspectors on Tues- day found laborers working in the noon scorching heat in the district of Al-Msasayel and penalized their em- ployers. KUNA photo Ahmad Dashti, chairman of HH the Amir with HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad. the work safety in Al-Farwani- yah Governorate, said in a state- HH Amir receives HH Sheikh Nasser ment to KUNA that the workers were found pouring masonry His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf day, His Highness Sheikh Nasser and carrying construction mate- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah re- Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. rials to a building site under the ceived at Bayan Palace, Wednes- (KUNA) day’s peak sunlight. The national department for work safety, an affiliate of the Public Authority for Manpower, received up to 90 reports about such breaches and upon that, the monitoring teams had headed to KUNA photo 2001 sites since start of June to Noon work team during its inspection tour of the violating construction sites in Al-Msasayel area. determine whether the workers were coerced to work in the days’ most scorching hours. Up to 1,502 workers were found to have been put in such difficult condition, thus the in- spectors issued 785 penalties against the employers. In later re- inspection, the inspectors found that 725 employing companies had heeded the terms for the ac- ceptable work hours. Prohibits Meanwhile, the judicial officer at the national center, Abdullah Al-Otaibi, told KUNA that the inspectors have been examining The Indian Ambassador HE Sibi George touring the Indian Heritage house, a lead- the work conditions in compli- ing Indian textile showroom in Kuwait, Souk Safat, after inaugurating the Handloom ance with the Cabinet Resolution Week on Tuesday. 535/2015 that prohibits compel- KUNA photos ling the laborers to work out- Left: HH the PM with the Canadian ambassador, and (right) with the Egyptian ambassador. doors during the summer from start of June until end of August HH the Amir congratulates Chad PM receives ambassadors to mark end of tenure from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. He indicated that fines set by the teams would be eventually military leader on National Day Kuwait’s Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Louis Pierre Emond on occasion of ending his tenure. specified by courts. KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11, (KUNA): His cable good wishes for the Chadian leader Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Wednesday received He later met with the Egyptian Ambassador to Ku- There have been significant at Seif Palace the Canadian Ambassador to Kuwait wait, Tarek Al-Qouni, on the same occasion. (KUNA) Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- and his country. positive response on part of the Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh employing companies since launch congratulations to General Hamamat Idriss Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ‘Medicine available in very few health stores at same price’ of the monitoring tour in 2015, Al- Deby, chairman of Chad’s Transitional and His Highness the Prime Minister Otaibi affirmed, adding that the in- Military Council, on the African country’s Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sa- spections would proceed until end National Day. bah sent similar cables to General Hama- of the current month. His Highness the Amir expressed in the mat Deby. Some pharmacies suffer from Panadol shortage Kuwait this month and the past KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11: Despite the vaccines, which requires taking ology at Wara Hospital Dr Ghanem two months witnessed the sum- the efforts exerted by the Ministry some analgesics, most notably Pa- Al-Salem stressed that there are large mer heat soaring to 48 degrees FM receives call from Japanese counterpart of Health and its employees in the nadol. However, its presence in the numbers of vaccinated people who and above, particularly during face of the repercussions of the CO- pharmacies of some primary health do not feel any side effects after tak- middays. VID-19 pandemic, which has been care centers has reduced compared ing the COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, the Public Au- Kuwait Deputy FM inaugurates going on for nearly a year and a half, to the previous periods, which has He indicated that, in case the vac- thority for Manpower (PAM) has there are obstacles that stand in the resulted in the distribution of alterna- cinated people experience high tem- issued a new statistics on results way of health teams, nursing bodies tive medicines to patients and clients peratures, headache or nausea, it is of the midday work inspection GCC meeting on human rights and medical care recipients, as some of those facilities. advised to take Panadol or its alterna- team comprising personnel from pharmacies in the private sector and The daily toured several private tives in the absence of its availability. the National Center for Occupa- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11, (KUNA): UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman -- at health centers are currently suffering pharmacies, and the scarcity of Pa- Dr Al-Salem affi rmed that the al- tional Health and Safety during Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Am- various levels namely in the social affairs’ the period from June 1 to August from a shortage of Panadol. Panadol nadol in most of them for various ternatives to Panadol that the Min- bassador Majdi Al-Dhafiri inaugurated sector and human rights. is a medication used in many cases to reasons seemed remarkable. The istry of Health provides for those 5, 2021, reports Al-Rai daily. The statistics shows the team on Wednesday the coordination meet- These states namely Kuwait have re- treat fever, symptoms of cold and fl u, medicine is available in very few vaccinated or other patients are no ing for human rights’ apparatuses in peatedly affi rmed keenness on observing headache, arthritis, muscle pain, and pharmacies and at the same price as less effi cient or of lesser quality than inspected 2,001 sites and the number of workers found at these the Gulf Cooperation Council member these basic rights. back, neck, shoulder, teeth and mouth before, which is approximately KD 1. Panadol. states. problems, reports Al-Qabas daily. With the increase in the number of He explained that there are other al- sites was 1,502 representing 857 ❑ ❑ ❑ companies which reportedly vio- Ambassador Al-Dhafi ri has addressed Even though the ministry’s success vaccinated people in the recent pe- ternatives for people who show symp- the conferees, underlining that the GCC Phone call: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr in vaccinating about 100,000 people riod and the corresponding increase toms after receiving vaccinations, such lated the work ban rule under the Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah per day with Pfi zer and Oxford vac- in the rates of people who suffer as drinking plenty of fl uids, using cold direct heat of the sun between 11 countries place the issue of human rights am and 4 pm for the first time. among the signifi cant affairs. on Wednesday received a telephone call cines is evidence of its success in its from the symptoms associated with compresses on the head and under the from his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu plans to reach the required societal the vaccine doses, many people who armpits, relaxing the muscles, and not The inspectors found 725 He also underlined signifi cance of coor- immunity, this success on the other are about to vaccinate are wonder- being exposed to the sun. The symp- companies adhered to the rule dination among the relevant authorities in Motegi. hand calls for an increase in the de- ing about medical alternatives in the toms usually last between a few hours during re-inspection; two com- the GCC countries to emit “the true image The call dealt with various aspects of mand for Panadol medicine by the event that Panadol continues to be and 48 hours in most cases. panies and 90 workers had failed as how deep our leaders attach to the hu- the solid relations bonding the two friend- vaccinated people. This is because scarce in health centers and pharma- He called on those whose symp- to comply with rules upon re-in- man rights at various levels.” ly countries. some of the vaccinated people show cies in general. toms exceed normal periods to visit spection, who were then referred The GCC was established in 1981 to It also tackled means of boosting mutual accompanying symptoms after re- In this context, the Consultant of the nearest health center or consult a to the concerned authority for cement cooperation among the regional cooperation, as well as major occurrences ceiving the fi rst or second doses of Internal Medicine and Gastroenter- specialist doctor. legal action. countries -- Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the on regional and international arenas.

Al-Qabas photo Kuwaiti girl Ghala (inset) winner of the award. India hosts contest Kuwaiti wins ‘Best Internationally Specialized Programmer’ award KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11: Young Kuwaiti Ghala Al- Enezi has won the ‘Best Internationally Specialized Pro- grammer’, ‘award’ in the programming competition and competence that was held in India a few days ago, reports Al-Qabas daily. Ghala, who will be 17 years old next week, has a wealth of awards, despite her young age. She told the daily this award is not the fi rst, but is preceded by other awards saying the last award was in two stages – in web- site design and Arduino programming, and that she won the fi rst place in both stages. Speaking of her previous awards, Ghala indicated most of her previous awards were in the literary fi eld and in the fi eld of Arabic language, where she achieved fi rst place in the Arabic speaking competition – rhetoric, poetic recita- tion and deepening the study of grammar at the League of Arab States in Egypt in 2020. She pointed out after the interaction and encourage- ment by her family she turned towards scientifi c com- petitions. Ghala Al-Enezi revealed she wants to study medi- cine. She pointed out that after receiving the award, two companies from India contacted her to adopt her talent in software, but she is currently focusing on completing her secondary education, and then enrolling in university.