Healthcare Boost As PHCC Opens Regional Specialised Centres
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WEDNESDAY MAY 29, 2019 RAMADAN 24, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4646 QR 2 PARTLY CLOUDY Fajr: 3:17 am Dhuhr: 11:31 am HIGH : 43°C Asr: 2:56 pm Maghrib: 6:21 pm LOW : 30°C Isha: 7:51 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR RAMADAN TIMING Business 13 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building TODAY IFTAR TOMORROW IMSAK MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Qatar Exchange soars 112 points Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera 6:21PM 3:06AM as blue chip stocks outperform alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 Amir to meet Healthcare boost as DEPUTY PM MEETS IRANIAN MINISTER Iraqi PM today PHCC opens regional specialised centres Eight selected health centres to offer special services TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK health centres. THE Amir HH Sheikh DOHA With construction of new Tamim bin Hamad al health centers to be completed Thani will meet Iraq’s IN a massive boost to the by end of 2021, the number Prime Minister Adel Abdul healthcare sector, the Prima- of health centres will also in- Mahdi at the Amiri Diwan ry Health Care Corporation crease. The geographical loca- on Wednesday. The Iraqi (PHCC) has launched Region- tions of these health centres PM will arrive in Doha on al Specialised Centers (RSCs). are selected carefully to cover Wednesday for an official The central idea of this new most areas of Qatar. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al visit to Qatar. The Amir and project is about consolidating Dr Samya Ahmad al Ab- Thani met Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Doha on Tuesday. During the meeting, the Iraqi PM will discuss a wide range of specialist ser- dallah, Executive Director of they discussed bilateral relations and the means to boost them. They also discussed a number bilateral relations and vices into eight selected health Operations, said the PHCC is of regional issues of common concern. The two sides reviewed the situation in the region and the prospects to develop centres. constantly developing its ser- expressed their concern over problems in the region. Both sides expressed the importance of them. They will also dis- Each of these centres will vices to build an integrated, dialogue to resolve them. The Iranian minister confirmed his country’s readiness to enter into a cuss a number of issues accept internal medical refer- comprehensive, and modern dialogue with Gulf states regarding stability and security of the region. (QNA) of mutual interest. (QNA) rals of patients from other system for primary health care health centres according to under guidance of Qatar’s wise their geographical locations. leadership. These specialised services Dr Samya Ahmad al Abdallah. In this context, the PHCC will include ophthalmology, is keen to introduce diversified optometry, dermatology, ENT, and patient-centric medical MADLSA launches second phase of AMERNI application audiology, mental health, and SPECIALISED services that fit the needs and memory clinics. are in accordance with the Na- THE Ministry of Administra- AMERNI offers 27 e-servic- source development, labour re- lations. The user can complete This project will allow SERVICES tional Health Strategy. tive Development, Labor and es for administrative develop- lations, citizen housing, social the transaction in three simple PHCC to increase the number Dr Samya said the PHCC is Social Affairs (MADLSA) has ment, labour and social affairs security and family affairs, as steps, starting with obtaining of clinics in morning and even- OEach of these centres currently working to introduce launched the second phase of sectors. It also provides 17 ser- well as 10 services for owners the user name and password ing shifts and provide patients will accept internal medi- a new “Cardiology Clinic” in AMERNI application, which vices for individuals provided of enterprises provided by de- through the national authenti- with easier access to their de- cal referrals of patients near future. is an easy and quick electronic by departments of human re- partments of employment, la- cation site and then signing in from other health centres sired services at the time they This clinic will be added to platform for users. sources, national human re- bour inspection and labour re- via the application. (QNA) need it. Reducing the waiting according to geographi- PHCC’s range of unique spe- times of appointments at sec- cal locations cialised services to provide the ondary care will also be one of OSpecialised services best diversified package of ser- the advantages. include ophthalmology, vices in the region to all Qatar As for physiotherapy, this optometry, dermatology, community members. service will be available at 11 ENT, audiology, mental PHCC has launched a pilot QATAR’S BADAR BECOMES health centres on daily basis health, memory clinics for a new specialised “Cardi- in both morning and evening ology Clinic” in Leabaib and FIRST ARAB TO SCALE MT shifts. However, it will only be Rawdat Al Khail health cen- available on Saturday morning Al Mashaf New Health Center tres. This clinic will take care shift at weekends. will be operating as a Special- of people with cardiovascular EVEREST AND LHOTSE PEAKS These Specialized Re- ized Regional Center after its disease and associated mor- ATARI youth Fahad Badar made history after he became the first Arab gional Centers will now in- opening in 2021. bidities within primary care to scale Mount Everest and Lhotse peaks during the same journey. clude Al Thumama HC, Raw- The move comes as part aspects of first diagnose, re- Q The Ministry of Culture and Sports commented on the achieve- dat Al Khail HC, Leabaib HC, of the PHCC’s commitment ferral, follow-up of treatment, ment through its official account on the social networking site Twitter, say- Muaither HC, Qatar University to provide a wide range of and providing consultation. ing Fahad Badar “is the second Qatari to reach the peak of Everest, and HC, Umm Slal HC, and Al Wa- medical services with high- the first Arab to reach the two peaks on the same trip.” jbah HC. Also, the upcoming est standards through its 27 Continued on page 2 Ô Badar became the first Arab to make history with 30 people who ar- rived at Everest (the highest mountain in the world) and Lhotse (the fourth highest mountain in the world) within 24 hours. The young Qatari had pre- viously pledged at the start of his unique adventure to raise his country’s flag over the two mountain peaks.(QNA) Gang that uses stolen cards to withdraw money busted (PG 2 ) Al Egda Street in Al Khor opens partially Doha Metro services to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK signal-controlled intersec- cations systems (ITS) will be DOHA tions on the street and in- installed as part of this pro- start at 6am for Eid stalled barriers to improve ject, in addition to installation DOHA Metro’s Red A part of Al Egda Street in Al road safety. The work also of specific street lighting poles Line will extend Khor opened to the public on included installation of 145 similar to those used inside its opening hour Tuesday. The street is located lighting poles and construc- the stadium. service for Eid Al north of Al Bayt Stadium, one tion of a 2.5km-long drainage The street lighting will be Fitr. The service of the 2022 FIFA World Cup network. provided with using energy will start at 6 am venues. Al Egda Street is a part of saving LED lamps. from June 4. The street, which facilitates the project to upgrade link The project includes link- In a statement access to Al Bayt Stadium, is a roads to Al Bayt Stadium in ing the stadium to a sewer and on Tuesday, Qatar link between two main roads — Al Khor, which features the surface water drainage net- Rail said Metro Al Khor Road and a road lead- construction of 5.3 kilometres works. and Metrolink ser- ing to Al Shamal Road. of roads, and 8m-wide pedes- Ashghal had started the vices will be suspended from May 30 until June 4 for network Head of Northern Areas trian path and cycle path. It project to upgrade link roads expansion testing. Section Engineer Ali Ashka- also involves landscaping and to Al Bayt Stadium in fourth “Network expansion testing will allow us to extend our nani said the length of the A part of the Al Egda Street in Al Khor that opened on Tuesday. pavement works that will be quarter (Q4) of 2017. The pro- services, introduce new lines and open more stations on the road that opened on Tuesday carried out in the surrounding ject is now 85 percent com- Red Line including Hamad International Airtport, Katara, Qatar is about 2.8 km. It has three 3m-wide pedestrian path on The Public Works Author- roads. plete, and it is scheduled for University and Lusail in near future,” the statement said. (TNN) lanes in each direction with a each side of the street. ity (Ashghal) has built four Intelligent telecommuni- completion in Q4 2019. 02 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. FM SENDS MESSAGE TO KENYAN COUNTERPART Cardiology Clinic to provide Quick read preventive service to patients Continued from page 1 Ô monitoring their cases and Amir congratulates Azerbaijan president provide all necessary con- THIS new service is a result sultations and follow-ups to THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on of the continuous joint coop- keep them stable. Tuesday sent a cable of congratulations to President of Azer- eration between Primary The clinic will also re- baijan Ilham Aliyev on his country’s Republic Day.