New Trauma, Emergency Facility to Open in 2019
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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Thai stars spearhead Asian challenge INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-13, 32 COMMENT 30, 31 REGION 14 BUSINESS 1–10, 14-16 at CB Qatar QIB profi t jumps 10.3% 19,798.91 10,880.15 51.22 ARAB WORLD 15 CLASSIFIED 11-13 -27.86 -47.68 -1.26 INTERNATIONAL 16-29 SPORTS 1–12 to QR2.15bn in 2016 Masters -0.14% -0.44% -2.40% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10338 January 19, 2017 Rabia II 21, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets humanitarian work team New trauma, In brief emergency QATAR | Offi cial National strategy’s fi rst phase of preparation The Administrative Control and facility to Transparency Authority has started the first phase of the preparation of the national strategy for the promotion of transparency and integrity, as part of its commitment to implementing the terms of open in 2019 reference assigned to it and contributing to the achievement of HMC has embarked on a major the Qatar National Vision 2030. In a expansion drive with several press statement issued yesterday, HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday met at his Emiri Diwan off ice with HE Sheikh Dr Abdulaziz bin facilities to be opened from this year the Authority explained that the Abdulrahman al-Thani, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation Humanitarian Funds; strategy focuses on co-operation Dr Abdullah Matouq al-Matouq, adviser to the Emir of Kuwait and board chairman of the International Islamic Charitable he new trauma and emergency and co-ordination with all concerned Organisation; HE Dr Ahmed bin Mohamed al-Muraikhi, the UN Secretary General’s envoy for humanitarian aff airs; and the facility with 226 patient sta- parties in the State in a way that accompanying delegation who called upon the Emir to greet him on the occasion of their visit to the country to participate Ttions, being built in front of the it reflects their visions and takes in the UN initiative to honour leaders of humanitarian work. The meeting reviewed issues of mutual interest. GCC Secretary existing Emergency Department at Ha- advantage of the best international General Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani attended the meeting. mad General Hospital, will be opened experiences and practices. in 2019, Hamad Medical Corporation Artist’s impression of the under- (HMC) announced yesterday. construction Trauma and Emergency HMC has embarked on a major ex- building at Hamad General Hospital. EUROPE | Calamity pansion drive with several facilities to Earthquake nightmare be opened from this year. These include nifi cantly in recent years, resulting in Women’s Wellness and Research Cent- increasing numbers of patients relying returns to haunt Italy er, Ambulatory Care Center and Qatar on our trauma and emergency serv- Italy was hit by four earthquakes Obama: chances waning Rehabilitation Institute to be opened in ices,” said Hamad al-Khalifa, HMC’s in four hours yesterday, killing one the coming months. HMC had recently chief of healthcare facilities. and bringing terror to snowbound opened the new Communicable Dis- “The new facility represents a sub- mountain areas still recovering from eases Center. stantial investment in the provision of last year’s series of deadly tremors. The new trauma and emergency fa- leading edge, best practice emergency for two-state peace deal care and reinforces HMC’s commit- The quakes, all measuring more cility will lead to a signifi cant expansion than five magnitude, struck close of services in Qatar, as it is expected to ment to providing the people of Qatar to Amatrice, the mountain town Agencies more than quadruple the existing de- with high quality, world class facilities devastated by an August earthquake Washington partment’s space, providing greater and healthcare.” that left nearly 300 people dead. capacity to care for patients presenting The Emergency Department at Ha- The body of one victim was found with a range of illnesses and injuries mad General Hospital is described one under the debris of a building in resident Barack Obama said yes- with a focus on life-threatening medical of the busiest in the world, with over a the town of Castel Castagna, in the terday he was worried that the conditions. million patient visits last year. In recent province of Teramo. Page 22 Pprospects for a two-state solu- The new facility will be arranged years, the Department has witnessed a tion to the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict over four fl oors and accommodate 226 steady increase in the number of pa- were waning because of growing Is- patient stations. A full range of diag- tients treated, including paediatric WORLD | Weather raeli settlement of the West Bank. nostic and treatment facilities will be emergency cases. 2016 was warmest Obama told a news conference that provided with enhanced operational “The new Trauma and Emergency his administration did not block a re- links to adjoining buildings for effi cient building will be one of the largest dedi- yet, UN confi rms cent UN transfer of patients, including a direct cated emergency care facilities in the Last year was Earth’s warmest on resolution on Israeli settlement ac- link to the new operating theatre facil- region and a world class emergency record, according to data compiled tivity because it felt a two-state solu- ity and the Trauma Intensive Care Unit centre that will further enhance the by the UN, confirming US findings tion was the only option for peace. at Hamad General Hospital. quality of care we provide to our pa- that heat records were broken for a “The goal of the resolution was to Public drop-off s will be located on tients,” added al-Khalifa. third year in 2016. The study by the simply say that the growth of the set- the ground fl oor level and ambulance The construction of the new build- World Meteorological Organisation tlements are creating a reality on the drop-off facilities on the upper lev- ing is being completed in collaboration found that average temperatures ground that increasingly will make el. A dedicated ambulance ramp will with Ashghal, the Public Works Au- were about 1.1C (1.98F) above the a two-state solution impossible,” US President Barack Obama pauses during his last press conference at the White separate public and emergency traffi c thority. The overall built up area of the pre-industrial period, and about Obama told the news conference, his House in Washington yesterday. movement and ensure rapid transfer of facility is about 29,000sq m, making it 0.07C above the record set in 2015. last as president. “It was important for patients. one of the largest dedicated emergency Page 30 us to send a signal, a wakeup call that sia to have a constructive relationship, because of politics would merit me “Qatar’s population has grown sig- care facilities in the region. this moment may be passing.” but Russia’s return to an “adversarial speaking out.” He warned his successor Donald spirit” under President Vladimir Putin “There’s a diff erence between that Qatar’s fi rst liver transplant from a living donor Trump against any “sudden, unilat- made that diffi cult. normal functioning of politics and eral moves” on the Israeli-Palestinian “I think that it is in America’s in- certain issues or certain moments The organ transplant team at Hamad Dr Yousef al-Maslamani, medical director confl ict, in an apparent reference to terest, in the world’s interest, that we where I think our core values may be at Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Hamad of Hamad General Hospital and head of his plan to move the US embassy from have a constructive relationship with stake,” Obama said. General Hospital has successfully the Organ Transplant Committee, said: Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Russia,” Obama said. He defended his decision to com- performed Qatar’s fi rst ever liver “The procedure consisted of the partial “The president-elect will have his He said he would take a break from mute the sentence of transgender transplant from a living donor, it was resection of the donor’s liver, which own policy,” Obama said. politics upon leaving offi ce, but would army private Chelsea Manning, who announced yesterday. The latest took eight hours to complete, and the “But obviously it’s a volatile envi- not hesitate to speak up if America’s was jailed for 35 years for handing transplant, which took place in removal of the recipient’s liver, which ronment. What we have seen in the “core values” are questioned, citing classifi ed US documents to WikiLe- November, makes the total number of failed because of cirrhosis. Implanting past is when some unilateral moves are concerns about discrimination and aks. liver transplants 17 since the start of the the donated portion of the liver in the made that speak to some of the core freedom of the press. Obama pardoned 64 people and transplant programme at HMC. recipient’s body took 12 hours to complete. issues and sensitivities of either side, In a veiled warning to his successor commuted the sentences of 209 others Each year, between 20 and 25 patients This successful transplant procedure also that can be explosive.” Trump, Obama also said systematic – including Manning, who will now be are added to the waiting list for organ saw the participation of a team of visiting Obama said it is in the world’s in- discrimination or any eff ort to “round released in May – in one of his last acts transplantation in Qatar.