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Qatar Committed to Patient Safety and Quality Care Credentials BUSINESS | 01 SPORT | 09 Kahramaa, QEWC Samba under and MHPS sign no ‘pressure’ MoU on internship ahead of Doha program Worlds Wednesday 18 September 2019 | 19 Muharram 1441 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 24 | Number 8018 | 2 Riyals Join the elite, with beIN and Ooredoo ONE Qatar committed to patient Prime Minister meets Chairman of SIGA safety and quality care FAZEENA SALEEM Minister of Public “In May this year, the WHO THE PENINSULA Health, H E Dr Hanan endorsed the establishment of World Patient Safety Day Qatar’s commitment in Mohamed Al Kuwari, (WPSD) to be observed annually embracing a patient safety said: “Patient safety on September 17. culture that puts quality and has been identified as “The WPSD is a campaign patient safety at the forefront one of the pillars that encouraging all stakeholders in was highlighted during the of 5th the healthcare system to raise Qatar Patient Safety Week guides the process of global awareness on patient (QPSW) which was inaugurated strategy development safety and encourage global sol- by Minister of Public Health H E and implementation.” idarity and action. Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari. “As part of Qatar’s commit- The Minister emphasised that ments to the Global Action on the Ministry of Public Health “Patient safety has been Patient Safety, this year Qatar (MoPH) plays a crucial role in identified as one of the pillars Patient Safety Week shall be ensuring that the people living in that guides the process of joining hands with the WPSD Qatar receive the safest quality strategy development and celebrations adopting their care available across the globe. implementation,” the Minister slogan ‘Speak up for Patient Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met yesterday “The ambition comes from added. Safety’,” said Dr Hanan. the visionary leadership of Amir The 5th QPSW organised by The Minister added: “Fear of with the Chairman of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA), Franco Frattini, and his accompanying H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad MoPH, coincides with the cele- speaking up is a persistent chal- delegation on the occasion of their visit to the country to participate in the Inter-regional Sports Al Thani, as part of attaining bration of the first World Patient lenge that needs to be addressed Integrity Summit held in Doha. They reviewed a number of topics of common interest. Qatar National Vision 2030. Our Safety Day, which was approved in our collective efforts to reduce healthcare system has progressed by the World Health Organi- patient harm. Silence between dramatically in the past few sation this year to enhance patients and providers, between Qatar Visa Center years, and the implementation of global understanding and soli- healthcare professionals MoI launches ‘Policeman the National Health Strategy darity to improve patient safety. working within the same facility, to open in Manila 2018-2022 shall make a The World Patient Safety Day between public and governing My Friend’ website remarkable difference to Qatar’s was marked with slogan ‘Speak bodies can inadvertently lead to this month health journey,” said Dr Hanan. up for Patient Safety’. inevitable harm. `P2 QNA children and the rest of the DOHA family members. THE PENINSULA He pointed out that as DOHA The Ministry of Interior (MoI) children are the next generation yesterday inaugurated the new of road users, whether they are A new Qatar Visa Center (QVC) website “Policeman My Friend”, pedestrians or drivers, paying will be opened in Manila, the which aims to promote traffic attention to them has future Philippines, in the next few days awareness among children and advantages for traffic safety, in order to simplify enhance their awareness of adding that spreading traffic employment visa procedures traffic culture in general. awareness is not only the and protect workers’ rights. The Director of Traffic responsibility of the Ministry of The Visa Support Services Awareness Department at the Interior, but a shared responsi- Department of the Ministry of Ministry of Interior Colonel bility for all segments of society. the Interior (MoI) yesterday Mohammed Radi Al Hajri, For his part, the Assistant organised an introductory explained that the launching of Director of Public Relations seminar for the Filipino com- the website with such capabil- Department of MoI Major munity on the procedures of ities and information serves Mubarak Salem Al Buainain said recruitment through QVC. traffic awareness, in particular, that the Ministry of Interior is The symposium was held and awareness in general, and always keen on keeping up with in collaboration with the Min- works to break the barrier modernisation and continuous istry of Administrative Devel- between children and police as development of its awareness opment, Labour and Social the website is full of children- tools and employing modern Affairs. friendly characters. technologies to serve the Major Abdullah Khalifa Al Al Hajri stressed that security. Mohannadi, Director of the Visa spreading traffic awareness The launch of the new Support Services Department among children is one of the website is a confirmation of at the MoI, reviewed the stages H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, with Kithsiri Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan goals of the Department, these efforts to raise awareness of recruitment procedures Ambassador to Qatar (second left) during the opening session of the 5th Qatar Patient Safety Week through the delivery of among children as future through the center that will be at Ritz-Carlton Doha yesterday. PIC:ABDUL BASIT/THE PENINSULA awareness message, among leaders, he said. `P2 launched in the Philippine capital Manila at the end of this month, the Ministry of Interior said on its official website. White Paper on sport Live testimonies about victims of Muhammed Ali Al Meer, representative of the Ministry Saudi arbitrary detention soon: NHRC of Administrative Development, integrity in January, Labour and Social Affairs, said QNA that affected a few Qatari cit- Dr Al Marri appreciated the that the QVC in the Philippine GENEVA izens who were allowed to enter response of the Working Groups capital Manila will be a new says SIGA Chairman Saudi Arabia with security clear- on Arbitrary Detention and addition to facilitate the process The Chairman of the National ances before being arbitrarily Enforced and Involuntary Dis- of recruitment of workers, and IRFAN BUKHARI Power of Collective Action in the Human Rights Committee detained. He pointed out that appearances, as they addressed the completion of procedures THE PENINSULA Middle East, Asia and Africa’. (NHRC) Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al both UN Working Groups letters to Saudi Arabia, urging and legal requirements for He said that the SIGA is an Marri revealed that representa- addressed an official letter to it to stop its violations immedi- expatriates to work. Praising Qatar’s efforts in international alliance which has tives of families of arbitrarily Saudi Arabia due to its continued ately and to disclose the where- promoting sports and sport got together sports institutions, detained Qatari nationals and arbitrary arrests and enforced abouts of detained Qataris in integrity in the region, Chairman States, public institutions and victims of enforced disap- disappearance of Qatari Saudi Arabia and release them. of the Sport Integrity Global private sector. “Our idea is to pearance in Saudi Arabia will citizens. He also briefed officials of the Alliance (SIGA), Franco Frattini, bring together all those aimed present live testimonies of the This came during a meeting Working Groups on the health said that the Alliance will present at improving integrity in the field victims’ suffering before the of NHRC Chairman with the situation of some detainees in Rome a White Paper on sport of sport, preventing illegality European Parliament, United Working Group on Enforced or arbitrarily. integrity in January next year. and fighting all kinds of criminal Nations Human Rights Council Involuntary Disappearances and NHRC Chairman issued an TODAY'S FIXTURES “The next goal of the SIGA is activities related to sport.” and relevant international the Working Group on Arbitrary urgent appeal to with the Club Brugge vs Galatasaray to present proposals which can Frattini served twice as Italian bodies soon. Detention during his current visit Working Group on Enforced or become one day binding rules Foreign Minister (2002-2004 and Dr. Al Marri pointed out that to Geneva. Involuntary Disappearances and Olympiakos FC vs Tottenham Hotspur at international level, applicable 2008-2011), and as Vice-President NHRC will submit compre- During the meeting, Dr. Al the Working Group on Arbitrary Atletico Madrid vs Juventus to all States in the international of the European Commission and hensive and documented files to Marri gave a briefing on the Detention, calling for concrete community. It is quite an ambi- Commissioner for Justice, Freedom the UN Committee on the Elim- latest developments in the Qatar and strong steps to be taken to Bayer Leverkusen vs Lokomotiv Moscow tious goal,” said Frattini in an and Security (2004-2008). ination of Racial Discrimination blockade crisis and the human- end the continuation of Saudi Bayern Munich vs Crvena Zvezda interview with The Peninsula. Frattini said that the first (CERD) and the UN Working itarian consequences of the con- violations against Qatari citizens, Dinamo Zagreb vs Atalanta Frattini was in Doha to par- regional summit in Doha was an Groups on Arbitrary Detention tinued violations by Saudi Arabia in light of the continued ticipate in the Inter-regional important step towards achieving and Enforced and Involuntary of the rights of citizens and res- detention of Qatari nationals by PSG vs Real Madrid Sport Integrity Summit on the SIGA’s goal of adopting universal Disappearances on the contin- idents of Qatar, as a result of the the Saudi authorities, without Shakhtar Donetsk vs Manchester City topic ‘Sport Integrity – The standards.
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