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The circular His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Council of Health, represented by the Na- stipulated that official work- Salman Al Khalifa issued the directive while tional Committee for the Unified Purchase ing hours in the ministries, chairing the Cabinet session at Gudaibiya of Drugs and the National Health Regulatory public authorities and insti- Palace yesterday. Authority.” tutions will be from 8 am to The Premier stressed the need to take qual- Among other things, the Premier also 2pm. The holy month is ex- ity into account while purchasing medicines emphasised the importance of events like pected to begin Wednesday. and to tighten control and monitoring on Gateway Gulf to attract investments into the medicine purchases to verify their effective- Kingdom. Businesswomen society board members resign Manama haikha Mariam bint Act of diplomacy kills 55 SHamad Al Khalifa and Feryal Nass, board members of the Bahrain Business - In contrast to violent scenes in Gaza, Israeli dignitaries and guests attended a ceremony in Jerusalem women Society, presented their resignations to the board. When contacted, Ms The bloodshed drew Nass said the reason for the • resignation is to give young- calls for restraint from some er blood more opportunities. countries, including France The society elected it’s cur- and Britain, and stronger rent board members only criticism from others, with five days ago. Ahlam Yousif Janahi was elected Presi- Turkey calling it ‘a massacre’. dent and the two resigned members were elected vice The protests, which have presidents. Sources reveal been• going on for weeks, major differences among are scheduled to culminate board members may have led to the resignations. tomorrow, the day Palestinians mourn as the ‘Nakba’. Indian woman wins Jerusalem sraeli troops shot dead dozens of $1 m BBK raffle draw Palestinian protesters on the Gaza Iborder yesterday when the high-pro- Ivanka Trump at the US embassy opening ceremony in Jerusalem; a Gazan protester raises slogans against Israel. file opening of the US embassy to Israel in Jerusalem raised tension to boiling point its European allies for the second time in Palestinians, who said the United States had streamed to the edge of the coastal after weeks of demonstrations. a week, after angering France, Germany could no longer serve as an honest broker enclave’s land border, some approaching In the bloodiest single day for Pales- and others last Tuesday by abandoning in any peace process. the Israeli fence. tinians since 2014, Palestinian Health an international nuclear deal with Iran. A senior Hamas leader, Khalil Al “Today is the big day when we will Ministry officials said 55 protesters were In contrast to the violent scenes in Hayya, said at a border encampment that cross the fence and tell Israel and the killed and 2,700 injured either by live Gaza, Israeli dignitaries and guests at- Monday’s protest was timed to coincide world we will not accept being occupied earlyn Mehta, an Indian gunfire, tear gas or other means. tended a ceremony in Jerusalem to open with the “deplorable crime of moving the forever,” said Gaza science teacher Ali, Pnational won $1 million The bloodshed drew calls for re - the US Embassy following its reloca - US Embassy to Jerusalem”. who declined to give his last name. Al Hayrat raffle draw organ- straint from some countries, including tion from Tel Aviv. The move fulfilled a He said: “Our people went out today Clouds of black smoke from tyres set ized by the Bank of Bahrain France and Britain, and stronger criti- pledge by US President Donald Trump, to respond to this new Zionist-American alight by demonstrators rose in the air. and Kuwait yesterday. Ms cism from others, with Turkey calling who in December recognised the holy aggression, and to draw by their blood Demonstrators, some armed with sling- Mehta, a long-time expat it “a massacre”. city as the Israeli capital. the map of their return.” shots, hurled stones at the Israeli security had previously worked with In siding squarely with Israel, Wash- Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as In Gaza, Palestinian protests quickly forces, who fired volleys of tear gas and Gulf Air. ington put distance between itself and Israel’s capital in December outraged turned into bloodshed. Tens of thousands intense rounds of gunfire. eyesore DON’T MISS IT Clusters of jelly fish found dead at Budaiya beach TDT| Manama in Bahrain are already pollut- ed outside Bahrain. So this dead Harpreet Kaur ed enough with plastic which in fish can’t cause any negative Probe into undreds of jellyfish turns put the life of marine organ- environmental impact.” were found dead on isms already in danger.” Michael Arora, technical 02 ‘contaminated Hthe shores of Budaiya When asked, a spokesperson director at Environment Ara- drug stocks’ beach, worrying environmen- of the Supreme Council For the bia said, “These jellyfishes are talists in the Kingdom. Environment (SCE) told Tri- called Rhizostoma, and this Boozy expats Sources said a cluster of more bune, “In the light of the com- breed occurs naturally in Bah- than 100 jellyfish were found munication received by the Su- raini waters. This breed nor- 03 ‘running riot dead at the entire stretch of Bu- preme Council for the Environ- mally occurs in two periods, daiya beach. ment on the presence of large which is spring and autumn “I was at the beach spending numbers of jellyfish in the coast leading up to summer, which time with my family when we of Beady, the area was surveyed is around now. Their timings saw the entire stretch was filled this morning.” could change based on tempera- with dead jellyfish. We aren’t sure “It should be noted that this fish. Additionally, the jellyfish livelihood for many fishermen ture, which is pretty normal and if they are poisonous, but beaches is a breeding season for jelly represent a source of economic as they are shipped and export- times.” TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018 02 Ministry warns against obesity surgeries Probe into Manama f you are planning to go under the knives Ito cut your weight, its time to exercise caution! The Ministry of Health has warned against conducting surgeries that are not ‘contaminated internationally agreed and even prohibit- ed in some healthy developed countries including Bahrain, because of their impact and adverse complications on health, at times even causing death. The ministry stressed the need to resort drug stocks’ at SMC to specialised medical centres in this area and to accredited doctors to conduct sur- geries to combat obesity. Manama The ministry said that Salmaniya Med- ical Complex had received some cases medical committee of five members was of those who underwent such surgeries formed to investigate the issue of discov- outside Bahrain and led to serious com- A ering unidentified objects in containers of plications. antibiotics recently at a pharmacy in the Salmani- There are also some methods used to ya Medical Complex (SMC). treat obesity that have proved to be fail- It is learnt that the committee will be chaired by ures including the process of inserting a the head of the medical maintenance and supply balloon into stomach. division in the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital “The National Health Regulatory Au- in coordination with Assistant Undersecretary thority, is keen to establish high quality of Hospitals at the Ministry of Health Walid standards for citizens and residents of the Al Manea, the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital Kingdom of Bahrain has warned and even and the National Health Regulatory Authority prevented from conducting this method In (NHRA). the Kingdom of Bahrain.” According to sources, the committee will take “The treatment of obesity should be the task of investigating the information received carried out by a trained surgical team and by the pharmacy of SMC about the existence of a specialised committee consisting of a antibiotic containers with unidentified objects, multidisciplinary team that studies and take samples of these objects and analyse them evaluates all cases and decides the appro- to find out the reality of the information. priate decision to conduct such surgery, “The committee will prepare a report describ- especially for children, as in the case at ing the components of these objects and clarifying patients’ security with regard to all the controls Rouya Al Abbasi, and a representative of human the SMC. if they are or are not suitable for human use. In of administrative investigation, according to law.” resources management. “Citizens and residents should follow case of being not suitable for human use, the coun- Members of the committee are head of the im- There were reports about the discovery of parts healthy lifestyles, such as healthy nutrition try of origin, the producing company and its agent munisation group Jalila Sayed Jawad, the head of of insects in stocks of antibiotic called cloxacillan, and physical activity, and not to resort in the Kingdom and the importer, who purchased the primary health pharmacy department, Wijdan which was imported from an Asian country.