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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 28 October 2013 23 Dhul-Hijja 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5866 Price: QR2 QNB makes Patte seals it to top the deal on global list Doha debut Business | 17 Sport | 27 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Companies ‘can conduct’ check-ups Medical Commission allows Mowasalat to carry out mandatory tests on new staff DOHA: The Medical to conduct the medical check up as HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and on a single day,” said Al Shaar. mandatory medical check up of Commission , with a capacity of Commission has given initial on their own for their employees. Hepatitis B and C. He said delays and crowding at their newly recruited workers. 500 visitors, is expected to be open approval to some companies to We have no objection if they pro- The official said the Medical the Commission have been felt at “We will take responsibility if the in Mesaimeer next year. There is a conduct the mandatory medi- vide all the required facilities and Commission currently receives the workers’ section and the com- delays are caused by the Medical plan to set up Medical Commission cal check- up for their employ- if the tests are conducted under an average 3,000 visitors daily, panies themselves are responsible Commission,” said the official. branches at the three hospitals and ees in their premises provided our monitoring. We have given majority of whom are newly for this to a great extent. He said the Commission is primary health centers that are they strictly meet the require- them initial approval,” Al Shaar recruited foreign workers. The companies are required to working on a project to open 10 being built exclusively for expatri- ments, a senior official of the told this daily last evening. The Commission saw a total of register online for tests of their satellite centers across the coun- ate workers, said Al Shaar. Commission said yesterday. “However, we have signed an 647,000 visitors this year until the employees but some companies try over the next few years. He said the X-ray and labora- The Commission has already agreement only with one company end of September, a local Arabic are not doing that. Sometimes A new unit at the Industrial tory equipment at the Medical signed a contract with the state- until now — Mowasalat — which is daily reported yesterday quoting they fail to stick to the appoint- Area, targeting single workers Commission are being upgraded backed public transport com- currently working to set up a facil- Al Shaar. The number of visi- ments and this is also creating is ready for opening next month. to make the tests faster and more pany, Mowasalat, in this regard, ity at its premises,” he added. He tors has almost doubled after the confusion, said Al Shaar. The facility which can accommo- accurate. Advanced air purifying its Director Dr Ibrahim Al pointed out that it would not be Commission introduced evening There are instances when com- date 400 visitors will function in machines have been installed at Shaar said. “Some leading com- easy for companies to provide this shifts a few months ago. panies are fined by the authori- a separate building attached to various sections to prevent the panies and establishments had service since it involves elaborate “ There were days when we ties for delaying the residence the workers’ clinic in the locality. spread of diseases among visitors. approached us seeking permission tests for infectious diseases such handled as high as 3,500 visitors permit procedures, including the Another unit of the Medical THE PENINSULA Largest ambulance in the world New ministry Emir to visit to handle job Kuwait today placements DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani DOHA: The Ministry of Labour will begin today an official visit and Social Affairs has been to Kuwait, as part of a Gulf tour absolved of its responsibility of which also includes Bahrain, taking care of job placements Oman, and the UAE. The Emir of nationals in the government will hold talks with the leaders of sector. sisterly states on boosting frater- The responsibility has instead nal ties, as well as a number of been entrusted with a newly- regional and international issues. created ministry, the Ministry of QNA Administrative Development. The Labour Ministry will, how- Expat tests positive ever, continue to look after the state’s job nationalisation drive in for MERS virus the private sector and push citizens into private employment. DOHA: A 23-year-old expatri- The onus of local human ate has been tested positive for resource development for govern- the deadly corona virus — Middle ment employment is with the new East Respiratory Syndrome Ministry now, said H E Hussain (MERS) — in the latest confirmed Al Mulla, Under-secretary at the case of the disease in the country. Labour Ministry. This is the first case in the coun- “We are now concerned entirely try involving a non-Qatari, which with the private sector,” he told takes the total number of people an Arabic daily. infected by the disease to seven. Al Mulla said the biggest chal- The Supreme Council of Health lenge his ministry faced was to (SCH), while announcing the new create an extensive database of the case yesterday said that a citizen, labour market and narrow the gap who was recently declared MERS between the education system and patient has recovered and left the the requirements of the Qatari job Nader Khamis Al Mehairi, head of airport section, steps out from the supersized ambulance and mobile hospital at Dubai World Central — Al Maktoum hospital. The SCH said that the market. THE PENINSULA International Airport, in Jebel Ali, Dubai, yesterday. A Mercedes-Benz bus which is used by Dubai government became the largest ambulance in the new case was discovered during world, with 18 metres of length. It can receive up to 44 patients at a time. epidemic investigation procedures and the patient showed no symp- toms of the disease. His condition is stable. The patient was checked and diagnosed of the illness at the Syrians spurn Geneva talks 16 Saudi women National Influenza Laboratory. US under pressure All those who came into con- BEIRUT: Nineteen Islamist groups fighting to topple President fined for defying tact with the patient were also Bashar Al Assad have rejected outright a mooted US-Russian peace checked and the initial results initiative for Syria dubbed Geneva 2, a statement said. ban on driving show that none has been infected, “We announce that the Geneva 2 conference is not, nor will it ever on Merkel spying said the SCH statement. be our people’s choice or our revolution’s demand,” the groups said in RIYADH: At least 16 Saudi THE PENINSULA a statement read in an online video. The statement also warned that women have received fines for WASHINGTON: The US a second report, in the German anyone who went to such talks would be committing “treason, and ... taking the wheel on a day set by National Security Agency (NSA) newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine would have to answer for it before our courts”. See also page 7 activists to defy the kingdom’s was forced yesterday to deny Sonntagszeitung. It said that when UK awaits worst traditional ban on female driving, that its director ever discussed Obama spoke to Merkel over the police and reports said yesterday. a surveillance operation against phone on Wednesday, he assured storm in 5 years Tallest man’s wedding Only few women braved offi- German Chancellor Angela the German leader he had not cial threats of punishment and Merkel with US President previously known her phone had LONDON: The worst storm drove on Saturday in response Barack Obama, as the White been monitored. in five years is expected to hit to an online campaign headlined House tried to contain a full- Caitlin Hayden, the White England and Wales today, bring- “Women’s driving is a choice”. scale diplomatic crisis over espio- House’s National Security Council ing heavy rain, high winds and “Police stopped six women driv- nage directed at allied countries. spokeswoman, declined to com- the threat of flooding and travel ing in Riyadh, and fined them The Obama administration ment on the reports, telling the chaos. Winds of more than 80mph SR300 ($80) each,” said the cap- appeared in disarray as it strug- Guardian: “We are not going to could leave a trail of destruc- ital’s police deputy spokesman, gled with the fallout over the dis- comment publicly on every spe- tion across large parts of the UK, Colonel Fawaz Al Miman. Each of closure that the NSA monitored cific alleged intelligence activity.” knocking down trees and causing the women, along with her male the phone conversations of at However just over three hours structural damage and power cuts. guardian, had to “sign a pledge to least 35 world leaders, and that later, that position appeared to As light faded, Sussex police respect the kingdom’s laws.” the phone of Merkel had been have been reversed, when the and the coastguard began a major In Jeddah, police also fined two monitored. NSA said in a statement that search for a 14-year-old boy who women for driving, according to The White House refused Alexander “did not discuss with had been swimming with a friend police spokesman Nawaf Al Bouq. to comment on an overnight President Obama in 2010 an off West Beach in Newhaven, Six women were stopped by report in the German tabloid alleged foreign intelligence opera- after being told that a call had police in Eastern Province, and Bild, which alleged that Obama tion involving German Chancellor been “swept away by the current”.

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