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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESSB | 21 SPORT | 36 AIIB to boost Dakar dozen for regional Peterhansel, Al ininvestments: Xi Attiyah second SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 2016 • 7 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6678 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar OPINION Microchips in vehicles to curb Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi fuel bill fraud Acting Editor-in-Chief The hateful lesion vehicle such as its registration number, name and location of petrol station of terrorism Woqod’s new system (where a customer prefers refuelling), designed to eliminate date, time and other details as desired. errorist blasts and oper- “It’s a very smart and convenient ations are increasing day cash transactions system that we have introduced. It Tafter day affecting dif- will provide full control to custom- ferent places and threatening ers about the details such as accurate lives of individuals and soci- bill, amount purchased etcetera. It eties. Unfor tunately, they are By Mohammad Shoeb works at all our gas stations. It will being committed by indi- The Peninsula also help reduce refuelling time,” viduals and groups calling Yousef Al Sulaiti, Manager, Infor- Portraits of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al themselves Islamic groups mation Technology at Woqod, told Thani on a building of the Sheikh Hamad Residential City in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis whereas Islam preaches reporters. yesterday. peace. The prevalence of DOHA: To check any possible wrong- Al Sulaiti said that the system is this phenomenon is linked doings such as issuing of inflated bills going to bring a significant change in to political developments and by petrol station staff or fraudulent the experience of motorists at Woqod deterioration of conditions in acts by some consumers, Qatar Fuel fuel stations. affected areas. (Woqod) has started installing elec- The chip, priced QR500 for com- Qatar gifts 1,060 new homes to Gazans Two days ago, Indonesian tronic microchips in vehicles. panies and QR350 for private vehicles, capital Jakarta witnessed In the first phase, over 60,000 takes some time to install as it needs to blasts which claimed the lives vehicles, which are already regis- be adjusted and the distance between The Peninsula reconstruction effort. Qatar is devel- Qatar was the first country to of a number of innocent peo- tered with Woqod, will be covered the ‘demo-reader’ and the position of oping the city in several phases. The finance and launch massive rebuild- ple and there were blasts in under the newly-introduced smart the microchip fixed. The modern fuel- second phase has also been launched ing effort in war-torn Gaza for which Istanbul, which resulted in fuelling and payment system. ling and payment system eliminates and is almost 25 percent complete, it initially earmarked US$407m. deaths and injuries to many A senior Woqod official said the the involvement of fuel staff at petrol DOHA: Some 1,060 housing units reports Qatar News Agency (QNA). Later in October 2014, at a donors’ people and Da’esh claimed tailor-made ‘fool-proof system’ will stations. “The system automatically built by Qatar in Gaza as part of the This phase will provide 1,200 hous- meeting, Emir H H Sheikh Tamim responsibility. Motives, justi- completely eliminate the possibil- prints an electronically generated first phase of its multi-million dollar ing units to deserving people of Gaza. bin Hamad Al Thani pledged $1bn fications and reasons leading ity of any irregularities like price invoice of the transaction with specific rebuilding project in the war-ravaged Besides this, Qatar is also financing for reconstruction and the cash was to the growth of this phe- manipulations, frequent refuelling details. The system also immediately Palestinian city are being handed over rebuilding of electricity transmis- given immediately after that. For the nomenon will vary as long as by unscrupulous motorists for pil- sends a text message on a preregis- to beneficiaries. sion networks, launching agricultural reconstruction, Qatar set up a com- there is no common defini- ferage and other issues. tered mobile number about the latest The housing units, measuring 130 projects, building healthcare facil- mittee — ‘Qatari Committee for the tion of terrorism in the world. The system, named ‘Woqodi’, transaction and other important infor- square metres each, are part of (Father ities and developing infrastructure, Reconstruction of Gaza’ with Ambas- works on a microchip affixed in a mation,” he added. Emir H H) Sheikh Hamad Residen- rebuilding homes destroyed in the sador Mohamed Al Emadi as chairman. → Continued on page 6 vehicle near the fuel tank opening. tial City being built in Gaza by Qatar last Israeli aggression and building The chip, which carries details of the → Continued on page 6 as part of its contribution to Gaza’s new housing units. → Continued on page 6 02 SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 2016 HOME Minister of Public Health and Supreme Council of Health (SCH) Secretary-General H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani speaking at the opening of the International Conference in Emergency Medicine and Public Health - Qatar 2016 at Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday. Pic: Kammutty /The Peninsula Emergency Medicine and Public Health forum opens By Fazeena Saleem “The conference is important as it requirements, the department is set for prevention of communicable diseases 100,000 people in 2006. It is the first- The Peninsula discusses issues affecting public health an expansion and expects the primary without an outbreak, an advance immu- of-its-kind forum in the GCC, organised and emergency medicine. Qatar is keen to health care centres to treat minor cases. nisation system, reduction in road by HMC and the SCH. “The role played by public health provide distinguished “The expansion is coming in accidents and their severity, and steps It has brought together around in preventing diseases and the emer- number of phases, primary health taken to reduce lifestyle diseases, said 1,300 experts in emergency medicine, DOHA: Most recent clinical devel- gency department as the first point of healthcare services to centres are picking up minor emer- Dr Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al public health and ambulance service opments in emergency medicine and contact in case of an emergency are the public through its gency cases to reduce the pressure Thani, Director, Public Health, Supreme at Qatar National Convention Centre. public health are being discussed at a vital. The collaboration of both will health centres, says on the department,” he said. Council of Health (SCH). Sessions are dedicated to infec- conference, opened yesterday by Min- help provide more quality services,” “The department is expanding in “In implementing the national tious diseases, disaster preparedness, ister of Public Health and Supreme said Al Qahtani. Minister terms of capacity, there is a three-sto- health strategy, we have achieved 77 pre-hospital emergencies, injury pre- Council of Health Secretary-General Qatar is keen to provide distin- rey building coming up, this will take percent in preventive health and hope vention, medical toxicology, critical H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani. guished healthcare services to the some two years, but work has begun,” to increase it to 90 percent this year. care in the emergency department, The International Conference in public through its health centres, he said Dr Al Thani. He said the satellite “The mortality rate due to road emergency education, nursing and Emergency Medicine and Public Health- said, adding that the national health about one million cases, including services provided by some primary accidents reduced to 8.2 per 100,000 other topics. Pre-conference work- Qatar (ICEP-Q 2016) under the theme strategy focuses on prevention of 45,000 paediatric emergencies. health centres and the single work- people in 2014, the severity of accidents shops were held for two days. ‘Together we move forward’, aims to diseases and improving the health of Dr Sheikh Hassan bin Ali Al Thani, ers hospital are also expected to take has reduced by 18.3 percent and fatal An exhibition on public health and learn and share experiences to improve individuals. Head, Trauma and Vascular Surgery some burden from the department. accidents by 10 percent,” he added. emergency medicine services in the quality in the areas of emergency med- Last year, the Emergency Depart- Sections, Hamad Medical Corpo- The major achievements in pub- The mortality rate due to road acci- country is being held on sidelines. icine and public health. ment at Hamad General Hospital saw ration (HMC), said to meet the high lic health sector in Qatar include the dents was recorded at 26 for every The conference ends tomorrow. QC urges people to donate more for Syrians in Madaya The Peninsula QC launched the campaign beginning from Rihani- yya area along the Turkish border to provide kits for the displaced in Syria, and refugees in southern Turkey to enable them to keep warm during the winter months. DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has urged citizens and res- The first consignment of the campaign included idents of Qatar to redouble their donations to support more than 250,000 kits distributed to 508,000 people. Syrians in the besieged Syrian city of Madaya. A QC delegation distributed 2,000 food baskets to Ready-to-eat meals can be donated to the residents 10,000 Syrian refugees in Rihaniyya city near the Syr- of Madaya via SMS. People can send the word “Madaya,” ian border. to 92642 to donate QR100, to 92428 to donate QR500, QC is playing a central role to alleviate the suffering to 92429 to donate QR1,000, or can contact QC hot- of refugees and displaced people in Lebanon. line 44667711. About 10,000 Syrian refugees in the Lebanese city QC has distributed food rations to the starving residents of Arsal have benefited from the relief project carried of Madaya in cooperation with Al Rahma International out by QC.