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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER N-Kom gets Commonwealth QR400m worth Games off to a The Peninsula GDI contracts colourful start Donates sales proceeds to Gaza Business | 22 Sport | 32 Thursday 24 July 2014 • 26 Ramadan 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6136 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Nine-day public Blatter reviews 2022 preparations holiday for Eid DOHA: The Emiri Diwan has announced nine days of Emir receives FIFA President Eid holidays for ministries, government institutions DOHA: FIFA President Sepp of further developing football in and public entities. The Eid Blatter yesterday called on the region.” break will start from Sunday the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim The Emir and FIFA President (Ramadan 29) till August 4 bin Hamad Al Thani and dis- reviewed the existing relations of Monday. Commercial banks cussed football matters besides cooperation between Qatar and and other financial institu- exchanging notes on the organ- the world body. Topics of dis- tions, supervised by Qatar isation of 2022 FIFA World cussion also included ways of Central Bank (QCB) and Cup to be held in Qatar. enhancing cooperation between Qatar Financial Markets During the course of the one- Qatar and FIFA. Authority (QFMA), will hour meeting, Blatter praised The meeting also reviewed the remain closed for three days Qatar’s role in pushing for social achievements made on projects on the eve of Eid Al Fitr. QNA change through football. related to the organization of the In a message posted on the fifa. 2022 FIFA World Cup. com website, Blatter was quoted The meeting, which took as saying: “I was very pleased to place at Al Bahr Palace, was also Huge rise in QNB meet today the highest political attended by H H Sheikh Jassim authority – the Emir of Qatar. It bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal housing allowance was great to see his and Qatar’s Representative of the the Emir, DOHA: The country’s top commitment to use the 2022 and FIFA Secretary General lender, Qatar National Bank FIFA World Cup to achieve posi- Jerome Valcke. (QNB), has raised the housing tive social change and to promote This was Blatter’s first trip The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with FIFA President Sepp Blatter at Al Bahr Palace yesterday. allowance of its employees by 60 the host country and region.” to Qatar since his Doha visit to 130 percent in view of rising Blatter added: “Qatar takes its last November when he met house rents in the country. The responsibility as hosts seriously. H E Sheikh Mohammed bin the Q22 bid team. Qatar won World Cup at a historic FIFA December 2010. bank has also increased by 50 We also discussed the importance Hamad Al Thani, who headed the rights to host the 2022 Executive Committee vote in THE PENINSULA to 100 percent air ticket allow- ances to its employees. The raises are applicable to both Qatari and expatriate employ- ees of the bank, Al Sharq reported yesterday. QNB has branches and 3 die after weight representative offices in 26 countries No truce until siege ends: Hamas around the world and they total 602. loss surgeries It has a network of 1,275 ATMs, the DOHA: Health experts yes- DOHA: Hamas yesterday which also wants the opening of Egypt, whose President Abdel daily said. THE PENINSULA terday advised people against rejected a ceasefire to end 16 the Rafah border crossing with Fattah Al Sisi has sought to iso- undergoing surgeries overseas days of deadly fighting with Egypt and Israel to free prisoners. late Hamas in the neighbouring for weight loss called bariatric Israel unless the blockade on As international calls for an Gaza, had tried to broker truce surgery as three people have the Gaza Strip is lifted, its chief end to the fighting in Gaza mount, between Israel and Hamas. Ramadan Timing died after the operation and Khaled Meshaal said in Doha. Meshaal insisted that the Islamist Hamas had rejected the ceasefire many suffered life threatening “We reject today... and will reject Hamas “welcomes all efforts to proposal which it said was favour- Todays Iftar: complications. in the future” a ceasefire before end the aggression” and “does not able to Israel. It argues that Egypt’s 06:26pm Many people go abroad for negotiations on Hamas’s demands, object” to mediation by any party, proposal, which is backed by the Tomorrow’s the surgery mainly to avoid the which include lifting years of block- including Egypt. United States, United Nations and Imsak: waiting list and high prices but ade against the Palestinian enclave, “We will not accept any initia- Arab League, would allow Israel unfortunately they risk their life Meshaal told reporters. tive that does not lift the blockade to dictate if and when to ease its 03:21am and health. Lifting the eight-year block- on our people and that does not blockade on Gaza. AFP >>Page 9 Full report on page 3 ade is a main demand of Hamas respect their sacrifices,” he said. See also pages 7 & 8 THURSDAY 24 JULY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Greetings sent to 3 die after weight loss surgery abroad Sultan of Oman DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Life-threatening complications reported; experts caution against bariatric procedures overseas yesterday sent a cable of con- gratulations to His Majesty BY FAZEENA SALEEM The National Health Insurance Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Scheme (Seha) also covers weight Oman on the anniversary of DOHA: Health experts yester- loss surgeries for Qataris. his accession to the throne. day cautioned people against This surgery to lose weight is The Prime Minister and undergoing surgeries overseas the most successful treatment for Interior Minister H E Sheikh for weight loss (bariatric sur- obesity currently available. Yet, it Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa gery) as three people have died is a very specific and complicated Al Thani sent a similar cable. after operation and many have surgery and can be harmful to the been suffering life-threatening patient if not performed in the Emir, Premier complications. right set-up. Many people go abroad for the “We have received 19 serious congratulate Sisi surgery, mainly to avoid the wait- complications and HMC has been ing list and high costs but unfor- notified by relatives of three peo- DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh tunately they risk their lives and ple who died due to weight loss Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani health, said Dr Jamal Rashid surgeries in foreign countries,” yesterday sent a cable of con- Alkhanji, Director, Healthcare said Dr Mohamed Alkwari, HMC gratulations to the Egyptian Quality and Patient Safety, Consultant (Bariatric Surgery). President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Supreme Council of Health “The complications are seri- on his country’s National Day. (SCH). ous — blood clots in small intes- The Prime Minister and Although there are no specific tine, and in some cases surgical Interior Minister H E Sheikh details of countries or the number cuts are not closed properly and Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa of people going abroad for the sur- wound site infections. Such con- Al Thani sent a similar cable. gery, Dr Alkhanji said many come ditions are unacceptable surgical back with life-threatening com- complications,” he said. French envoy plications. “They are compromis- With 30 percent of the popula- ing on quality for money… Some tion in Qatar being obese, an aver- Dr Jamal Rashid Alkhanji, (left) Director, Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, SCH and Dr Mohamed Alkwari, given farewell people are in a hurry to undergo age of 2,000 weight loss surgeries HMC Consultant (Bariatric Surgery), addressing the press conference yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP surgery, they can’t wait for two are conducted each year. DOHA: The Assistant months on the waiting list. We At HMC, it is done free for warned or their licences could cardiovascular diseases, high cho- a small upper stomach pouch Minister for Foreign Affairs H urge people not to go abroad for Qataris and at a cost of QR5,000 be cancelled depending on the lesterol or depression, the person to limit it. Malabsorptive sur- E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al bariatric surgery,” he told a press for expats, while it could cost nature of violation. could choose to undergo weight gery alters digestion, causing the Rumaihi yesterday hosted at conference at the SCH yesterday. QR50,000 in a private hospital. The body mass index (BMI) is a loss surgery. food to be poorly digested and Diplomatic Club a farewell cer- He said Hamad Medical As the national regulator for key factor in deciding overweight . There are two basic methods completely absorbed. Both are emony for French Ambassador Corporation (HMC) and some health services, the SCH has set It shows the relationship between of weight loss surgery — restric- implemented through procedures Jean-Christophe Peauchelle. private hospitals in Qatar have high standards for weight loss a person’s weight and height. If tive surgery and Malabsorptive known as gastric banding, gastric It was attended by a number the best surgical facilities and surgeries. Violators — physicians an adult’s BMI is over 40 or has surgery. Restrictive surgery balloon and sleeve bypass surger- of heads of diplomatic mis- surgeons for weight loss. and healthcare facilities — are health conditions such as diabetes, decreases food intake by creating ies. THE PENINSULA sions accredited to the coun- try, Ibrahim Youssef Fakhro, Head of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Protocols, and directors. International Union of Muslim Scholars’ website hacked Maintenance work DOHA: The website of International They warned that it is just the first part call those who are distorting the religion should agree on such a thing and the deci- at health centre Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) was of what is to come and that the worst is of peace, mind and humanity Muslims?” sion should not be made by a small group.
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