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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 7 February 2014 7 Rabial II 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5968 Price: QR2 QE market Super Wild cap falls to regains lost QR586.9bn ground in style Business | 14 Sport | 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM meets Japan delegation SCH identifies Pre-arrival facilities for CCTV cameras health data DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has warned private and public healthcare facilities of stern action if they fail to install CCTV cameras in to go online their premises as stipulated by Law No. 9 of 2011. The Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Department at Workers from 11 nations covered SCH has issued a circular iden- tifying the facilities required DOHA: An online system would “Once the electronic network is to install cameras and those soon be in place in Qatar to in place, we will be able to receive exempted. receive results of the manda- test results online and visas for the Healthcare facilities exempted tory pre-arrival medical check- new recruits will be issued based are pharmacies, optical shops, up for newly recruited foreign on that. We won’t have to wait for herbal/cosmetic shops, medical workers from Asian and African hard copies of the results,” said Al equipment shops, medical prod- countries. Shaar. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met a delegation ucts and medical equipment The Supreme Council of Health There are more than 200 medi- from Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Company in Doha yesterday. companies, medical research (SCH) is working with the cal centres in 11 countries author- centres, nursing services agen- Ministry of Interior, Ministry of ised by the GCC states to conduct cies, first aid units inside schools Labour and Social Affairs, Foreign tests. These are India, Pakistan, as well as of companies and Qatar Ministry and the GCC Health Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Petroleum. Ministers Council to implement Indonesia, the Philippines, Egypt, Facilities required to have the unified online system link- Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria and Eritrea. Most accused Egypt scribes round-the-clock surveillance ing the GCC countries with the The medical centres are electroni- system include general medical authorised medical centres in 11 cally linked with a GCC database. complex, dental complex, special- Asian and African countries. Al Shaar said the online system ist medical complex, private and All job-seekers from these will also help detect and prevent are not our staff: Al Jazeera government hospitals, pharmacies countries are required to undergo forgery in documents. inside medical complexes, hospi- check-up before leaving for Qatar. “We have come across such DOHA: Less than half the case involving Al Jazeera English’s authorities say the other three tal laboratories, medical analysis In August 2011, the Cabinet cases in some countries. The journalists accused by Egyptian detained journalists has finally are “on the run from the law.” labs outside and inside medical approved a proposal to reintroduce online system will allow us to ver- authorities of being part of a been officially served,” the net- Netjes fled Egypt on Tuesday complexes, dental laboratory, medical tests and it has been fully ify documents by cross checking “terror cell” involving Qatari- work said in a statement. and says she could have been medicine stores, medicine factory, or partially implemented since the barcode and the number in the owned broadcaster Al Jazeera “Nine network staff are on the implicated over a conversation she food supplementary and medicine then. Introduction of the online electronic database.” actually work for the network, list of 20, meaning most of those had at a hotel lobby in December stores, and specialist medical cen- system is expected to speed up The mandatory check-up the channel said yesterday. named are not employees of Al with Al Jazeera English’s Cairo tres for people with special needs, procedures and make the system aims at preventing the spread of Prosecutors on January 31 Jazeera,” it said. bureau chief, Canadian-Egyptian bone care, chiropractic (a form of fool-proof. infectious diseases in the coun- referred to trial 20 journalists “The charges should be Mohamed Adel Fahmy, now in alternative medicine), health and “Other GCC countries have try. Candidates are required to allegedly working for Al Jazeera dropped, and all of our journalists custody. beauty, physiotherapy and social already been using the online net- undergo repeat tests at the Medical after accusing them of portraying in prison in Cairo freed immedi- “I never worked for Al Jazeera, rehabilitation. work for tests and we will also be Commission after their arrival in Egypt as being in a state of “civil ately,” said Al Jazeera English ever,” she wrote on Twitter. They also include general medi- using it very soon,” Dr Ibrahim Qatar. Al Shaar recently disclosed war” and “airing false news.” Managing Director Al Anstey. If convicted, the foreigners cal centre, government medical Al Shaar, Director of the Medical that the commission had seen a The network has angered new The journalists include 16 could face up to seven years in centre, cupping centres, physio- Commission told this daily last drastic decline in the number of army-installed authorities for Egyptians, two of whom in jail jail and the Egyptians 15. Officials therapy units at medical centres, evening. The SCH, with par- failures after the introduction of its coverage of a crackdown on since the summer, and four say the defendants were operating prevention unit (radiological), ticipation of experts from these pre-arrival tests. Every newcomer the Muslim Brotherhood and foreigners — Australian Peter without official accreditation. and units for taking blood samples ministries and departments held to Qatar is to be screened at the supporters of Islamist president Greste, Britons Sue Turton and Greste, Fahmy and Egyptian and vaccination units at medical a workshop in Doha earlier this commission for diseases, including Mohammed Mursi deposed in Dominic Kane, and Dutch Rena producer Baher Mohamed were complexes. week as part of preparations to HIV/Aids, TB, hepatitis B and C. July. “The list of people being Netjes. arrested on December 29 in a THE PENINSULA introduce the online system. THE PENINSULA pursued by authorities in the Greste is in custody as Cairo hotel. AFP Continued on page 2 National Sport Day festivities begin Qatar likely Vehicles seized for carrying to export gas diesel, petrol without permit to Jordan DOHA: Environment Ministry patrols have seized several vehicles carrying inflammable materials like diesel and petrol illegally and DOHA: Qatar is likely to export referred them to the Public Prosecution. gas to Jordan, a Jordanian min- Some petrol stations were violating rules by giving more diesel and ister told a local Arabic daily petrol to these vehicles than the quota fixed by authorities and legal yesterday. action is being taken against the erring stations, Al Sharq reports. The Minister of Energy and Authorities have also notified the petrol stations to follow regula- Mineral Resources, Mohammad tions and asked vehicle owners to obtain permit before carrying any Hamid told Al Sharq: “Jordan is dangerous materials, in a bid to protect the environment. expected to hold talks with Qatar for an agreement to import gas Eatery in Al Gharrafa raided during upcoming visit of the Minister of Energy and Industry DOHA: Al Rayyan Municipality has initiated action against an H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al eatery in Al Gharrafa for tampering with expiry dates of some food Sada.” The visit is scheduled for items. March, he added. Civic inspectors raided the outlet where some employees were Several meetings between tech- found changing the expiry dates, Al Sharq reports. Some products nical teams of both countries with changed expiry dates were seized, the daily said, adding packages are expected to discuss the deal, of some products were also changed. Hamid said. Youngsters posing for the camera at the Qatar Olympic Sports Zone near Doha’s main post office as the Qatar THE PENINSULA A deal could be finalised after Olympic Committee began National Sport Day festivities yesterday. See also page 3 the Jordan port for importing natural gas is completed by the year-end, he added. Biker dead Sochi Games: US warns of toothpaste bombs on flights DOHA: A young biker who was trapped under a mov- WASHINGTON: The US of an abundance of caution”, it Department,” spokeswoman city of Volgograd. Adding to issued a travel alert for Russia, ing van during an accident on warned American and foreign regularly shares information with Laura Magnuson said. the nervousness is a stream of urging Americans to “remain Wednesday night, died in the airlines ahead of the Sochi partners at home and abroad. Stringent rules about liquids threats from Islamist militants attentive regarding their personal wee hours of yesterday, Al Sharq Olympics that terrorists could President Barack Obama’s and toothpaste in hand luggage in the volatile northern Caucasus security at all times.” reports. try to hide explosives in tooth- National Security Council said have been standard practice on region. But prominent lawmak- And athletes have been advised The man slid under the con- paste tubes on Russia-bound the disclosure had not affected US carriers after thwarted bomb ers have warned of the heightened to avoid wearing their uniforms or tainer van, along with his bike flights. guidelines about travel to Sochi. plots in the years following the risk of attacks and complained Team USA logos outside Olympic under the impact of the accident An official said the government “If we receive information September 11, 2001, attacks. that Russia was not sharing venues.

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