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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Malaysia Scolari calls Airlines to psychologist be privatised for nervy Brazil Business | 22 Sport | 32 Thursday 3 July 2014 • 5 Ramadan 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6115 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Syria chemical Paediatric unit weapons loaded on US vessel GIOIA TAURO, ITALY: The planned at international operation to destroy Syrian chemical weapons entered its final phase yesterday, with the stockpile loaded onto a US military ship Sidra Centre equipped to dispose of them. Mustard gas and ingredi- ents to make Sarin nerve gas Facility likely to be biggest in Qatar were transferred from a Danish freighter in the Italian port of DOHA: A paediatric emer- This unit has a capacity to Gioia Tauro amid tight security. gency unit with all the required handle 2,500 emergency patients “Italy has proven its capacity for facilities is to be opened at the a day, with the current daily turn- great efficiency in this delicate upcoming Sidra Medical and out being 1,500 to 1,700. operation of international secu- Research Centre in two years. “This is a very high turnout. In rity,” Environment Minister Gian It is expected that it would be emergency units in the UK the Luca Galleti said. AFP the biggest paediatric emergency turnout is only about 200 a day centre in the country. and despite that there are com- Qatar is making rapid strides plaints of delays,” said Al Amri. in the realm of paediatric emer- The doctors also denied gency healthcare and already has rumours that Rumailah Hospital enough child specialists, although was being turned into a herit- there is shortage of child special- age site. The fact is that a mod- ists internationally. ern hospital is coming up in its Hamad Medical Corporation premises and the old building (HMC) has some of the best child of Rumailah Hospital is being A Palestinian prepares to hurl a stone as he stands in a cloud of smoke from tyres set ablaze during clashes with specialists and chances are that retained. Israeli police in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem, yesterday. some of them might be shifted to The emergency unit there will >>Page 9 Sidra when it begins operating. be upgraded, said the doctors. This was disclosed at Al Sharq’s They said that it was very Ramadan tent attended by a cou- difficult for private hospitals to Palestinian teen killed in Jerusalem ple of HMC doctors recently. provide emergency medical serv- Dr Khalid Abdul Noor ices because that called for sub- JERUSALEM: The body of an settlers of killing Abu Khudair him the body was his son. Saifuddin, Director of Hamad stantial investment in medical abducted Palestinian youth was and demanded that Israel “mete An Israeli security source International Training Centre, facilities, including equipment, found in Jerusalem yesterday, out the strongest punishment said Israel suspected the youth and Dr Mohamed Hamoudi Al and staffing. raising suspicions he had been against the murderers if it truly had been kidnapped and mur- Amri, Assistant Director of The doctors said that private killed by Israelis avenging the wants peace”. dered, possibly in retribution for Paediatric Emergency at HMC, healthcare providers should rise deaths of three abducted Jewish Israeli Prime Minister the killings of the Israeli teens, took part in the debate. above profit-making considera- teens. Benjamin Netanyahu urged police whose corpses were discovered The doctors said that despite tions and invest adequately in News of the discovery of “to swiftly investigate who was on Monday, nearly three weeks that there are several paediatric emergency medical care. 16-year-old Mohammed Abu behind the loathsome murder and after they were abducted in the Ramadan Timing emergency centres in the coun- Very high standards have been Khudair, who was last seen being its motive”. He called on all sides occupied West Bank. Israel says try, including those in Al Khor, set for health services, includ- bundled into a van earlier in the “not to take the law into their Palestinian Hamas militants Todays Iftar: Al Wakra, Al Sadd in Doha, and ing emergency medical care, to day, triggered clashes between own hands”. killed them. 06:30pm Dukhan, among other places, be provided by the private sector rock-throwing Palestinians and Police said they had found a The Islamist group has neither Tomorrow’s sometimes people come to the and there will be no compromise, Israeli police in the city. body in the wooded outskirts of confirmed nor denied the allega- Imsak: main accident and emergency said the duo. Palestinian President Jerusalem. Abu Khudair’s father tion. REUTERS 03:08am unit at Hamad General Hospital. THE PENINSULA Mahmoud Abbas accused Jewish told Reuters the force had told See also page 13 Apply now MA in Audiovisual Translation Deadline, July 14, 2014 For more information: www.tii.qa | [email protected] | +974 4454 5843 THURSDAY 3 JULY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Cultural Café 86 cases of stomach Free buttermilk flows through opens tonight with symposium ailments in two days taps, thanks to Qatari household on poet Tawfiq DOHA: For a number of DOHA: The Cultural Café at years people of different Katara Cultural Market opens of Ramadan: HGH nationalities have been col- tonight with a symposium on lecting buttermilk in large the life of the late poet Hassan quantities free from the Tawfiq. house of a rich Qatari near Coinciding with the opening Overeating and spicy food main causes the Ramada traffic lights. of ‘The Quran and Astronomy Especially during Ramadan, Exhibition’ tonight, the sympo- BY FAZEENA SALEEM continue with a light starter such as people descend in larger num- sium will be the café’s first activ- soup and crackers. And then have bers on the parking lot out- ity during Ramadan. DOHA: The Emergency a healthy and balanced dinner,’’ she side the Qatari’s home to take The symposium ‘Biography Department of Hamad General said. “Do not overeat, and be sure to buttermilk stored in a huge and Life Experience’ will discuss Hospital has treated 86 people for drink enough fluid during evening tank. It flows through taps. Tawfiq’s innovation and creativ- stomach ailments in the first two and Suhour as the holy month coin- Everyday there are long ity in poetry and experiences as a days of Ramadan. cides with summer and avoid dehy- queues of people vying for reflection of Doha where he spent Such cases are common in the dration on the following day,” she a fill of buttermilk, many, 30 years and worked as head of first few days of the holy month, Dr added. carrying jerry cans and big the cultural section in Al Raya Warda Al Saad, Chief Consultant, Dr Al Saad also advised people to empty bottles, particularly in newspaper and columnist in Al Emergency Department, Hamad avoid spicy and oily food which may the morning hours. Sharq daily. Medical Corporation, told this daily. cause indigestion and heart burn and People usually begin crowd- The event starts at 10pm at the She advised people who fast to recommended light exercises such as ing the place by 7am when café on Katara Beach. avoid overeating, do simple exercises walking for 15-20 minutes at least the tank is filled, with but- Launched a week ago, the mar- and take more liquid to avoid stom- three times per week. termilk stock lasting mostly ket is on Katara Beach. ach ailments during Ramadan. In 2013, the department said an until 9am. Among the other features of People were treated for ailments average of 15 patients were admit- “If you go there after 9am, the market is a centre for Arabic caused by overeating, gastritis, gas- ted for stomach ailments each night chances are you might not get novels where visitors can see a troenteritis, billary colic — a type of during Ramadan. enough buttermilk,” an Indian People collecting buttermilk from the Qatari household in Doha on gallery of famous Arab novelists pain related to the gallbladder that In 2012, over 8,000 people were who has been frequenting the Tuesday. SALIM MATRAMKOT and a collection of their works. occurs when a gallstone transiently hospitalised with health problems place told this newspaper. Visitors can also buy Arabic, obstructs the cystic duct and the gall- such as indigestion. He said he visited the place foreign and children’s books at bladder contracts, and intestinal colic In 2011, the Emergency usually once a week and car- been shifted to the front, he “I began visiting the place bookshops. A readers’ club can — severe abdominal pain associated Department of HMC received more ried two large bottles to get said. some three years ago after a also be found in the market. with malfunction in the intestines. than 1,100 cases on the first day of his fill. “Many people go there “The buttermilk tastes fine friend took me there for the Stalls dedicated to calligraphy, Some teenagers were among those Ramadan and most of them were with big jerry cans. There is with curry leaves and salt. I first time.” sculpture, antiques, traditional treated, she said. related to stomach disorders caused no restriction on how much have become quite used to it.” In Ramadan, the Qatari accessories and clothing as well All patients have been discharged by overeating and fatty food and one can carry.” There are people who come family also distributes food as a photo and fine art gallery with medicine and diet advice. sweets. On the second day, around The tank was in the back of there regularly in cars from in the evening, he added.

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