ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 26 Twenty-one projects Oil prices jumped Italian Annalisa from 24 countries yesterday and headed Cucinotta stunned have been selected for the biggest four-day Giorgia Bronzini on for DFI grants for the advance since the opening day of the Fall 2014 session. January 2009. Ladies Tour of Qatar. WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2015 • 15 Rabial II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6331 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Kerry praises Qatar’s help on Yemen IS claims pilot SCH to issue burned alive, Jordan vows patients’ rights revenge AMMAN: The Islamic State (IS) released a video yester- charter in April day purportedly showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage, in the most bru- tal execution yet of a foreign Erring practitioners face punishment hostage. The 22-minute video released DOHA: The Supreme Council of service providers was held yes- online showed images of a man Health (SCH) will issue in April terday and another for the public purported to be First Lieutenant the first patients’ “bill of rights” is scheduled for today. Maaz Al Kassasbeh, captured in in Qatar, a document that The charter contains many December, engulfed in flames. defines the rights and duties of points that define the relation- The video enraged officials patients and their relationship ship between patients and phy- and the army in Jordan vowed to with healthcare providers and sicians as well as healthcare avenge the murder of the 26-year- practitioners, a senior SCH offi- providers. old pilot. A security official said cial has disclosed. It gives patients the right to an Iraqi would-be suicide bomber The document will be a ref- complain if they are not sat- on death row, Sajida Al Rishawi, erence point while investigat- isfied with the services they and other militants will be exe- ing patients’ complaints and all receive. The complaint should cuted at dawn today. hospitals, clinics and health cen- be first made to the manager of Foreign Minister H E Dr Khaled bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington See also page 7 tres will be bound to follow the the healthcare facility concerned yesterday. Kerry praised Qatar for its role in resolving the crisis in Yemen and said he was grateful for the many guidelines. and then to the QCHP if it is ways in which the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the foreign minister have made themselves Expat remittances “This document on the rights not addressed within the period available to be of assistance. Report on page 2 and duties of patients will be specified in the charter. at QR30.24bn mandatory for all healthcare pro- “Most complaints we currently viders in the private and public receive are from healthcare pro- DOHA: Foreign workers remit- sectors and is intended to protect viders and are related to patients’ ted a huge QR30.24bn ($8.3bn) the rights of patients and practi- disrespect of doctors and other 105,100 new driving licences in 2014 overs ea s i n the fi rs t n i ne month s tioners,” Masooma Fadl, director staff working with them,” said of 2014, official figures show. of the professional competence Masooma. In 2013, worker remittances department at the Qatar Council Proper investigation of the BY SACHIN KUMAR issued on average every month. “Most of the expatriates buy totalled a massive QR40.55bn for Healthcare Practitioners complaint within the specified Non-Qataris got the lion’s share, cars that offer them higher mile- ($11.14bn), while in 2012 and 2011, (QCHP) told Qatar News Agency. period is the right of the patient. DOHA: Despite restric- with over 90 percent of the age and resale value whereas the remittance volumes were a Any violation of the charter The patient also has the right to tions imposed by the Traffic licences issued to them. Qatari buyers look for bigger and little over QR37bn each year. could invite enforcement of the support the complaint with docu- Department, the number of Once they get the licence, many powerful cars,” a senior official of a According to figures released law governing healthcare services ments related to the treatment, new driving licences issued is head to showrooms to buy new car showroom told this newspaper. by the Ministry of Development in Qatar. The erring practitioner and to be informed about the still high. Over 100,000 licences vehicles. Total vehicle registra- “Rising population is creating a Planning and Statistics, worker or facility could face punish- investigation results. were issued last year in the tions jumped by 44 percent in rush for driving licences,” he said. remittances have more than ments including cancellation of Patients have the right to country, showing the number 2014 while registration of pri- November and December saw doubled in the past six years, their licence, warned the official. get accurate information about of drivers is surging. A total vate vehicles rose 34 percent. more registration of vehicles as thanks to the growing expatriate Masooma said the document medical diagnosis of their cases, of 105,100 licences were issued The number of vehicles regis- sale of vehicles usually goes up population. will be released by the end of the suggested medicines and the in 2014, according to Qatar tered grew from 8,121 in January in the last leg of the year. Most In 2008, the remittance figure April. QCHP is currently receiv- alternatives in comprehensible Monthly Statistics bulletins of to 11,743 in December last year. car companies and dealers unveil was just QR19.54bn, which went ing feedback from the public language. the Ministry of Development Registration of private vehicles offers to clear their old stock. up to QR25.82bn in 2009. In 2010, and healthcare providers on its Continued on page 6 Planning and Statistics. It grew from 5,318 in January to Continued on page 6 the remittance volume totalled contents. The first workshop for THE PENINSULA means about 8,700 licences are 7,102 in December. THE PENINSULA QR29.57bn. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Premier to open Qatar motor exhibition 2015 tomorrow DOHA: The Prime Minister The show will open to the The fourth generation of line-ups and model launches and Interior Minister H E public on Friday and runs until Honda’s 2015 CR-V will also for the region. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser February 10. It will be co-hosted be on display. It is of particular Participating automobile bin Khalifa Al Thani will offi- by Qatar Tourism Authority, significance for the Middle East and motorbikes brands also cially inaugurate Qatar Motor q.mediaevents, and Fira de as its exterior has been designed include Husqvarna, Harley- Show 2015 tomorrow at Qatar Barcelona. to meet the requirements and Davidson, Mitsubishi, Mercedes National Convention Centre This year, the stage is set demands of customers from the Benz, BMW, Mini, Rolls Royce, (QNCC). for a high-octane ambience. region. Ferrari, Maserati, Land Rover, “The presence of the Premier, Recently added to the reveals Suzuki fans are also in for a Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley, who will officially inaugurate are French brand Bugatti, treat with the Japanese giant Renault, Infiniti, Lexus, Suzuki, the fifth edition, is a testimony Japanese brands Suzuki and unveiling its Middle Eastern Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Porsche, to the gravitas of the annual Honda and American brand market collection, including Audi, Honda, GAC, Toyota, event. Chevrolet. Ciaz, Alto K10 and Ertiga. 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