ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Jayasuriya, Lara dazzle in Qatar Sport | 22 Tuesday 7 October 2014 • 13 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6211 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Pharmacies Eight die in run out of some medicines accidents after price cut DOHA: Some medicines have reportedly run out of stock in private pharmacies following a reduction in the prices of more in two days than 650 drugs which came into force from September 22. Sources from at least two HGH emergency unit treats 1,300 pharmacies in Doha told this daily yesterday that some popu- DOHA: At least eight people have freaky accident and the dead included lar medicines like panadol were died in two tragic road accidents a Qatari national, a Bahraini and an not available with them since new in the city in the past two days. Iranian, the daily said citing high stocks have not yet arrived. Five people died in one acci- speed as the cause of the incident. To avoid huge losses due to dent alone which took place The mishap occurred between the price cut, pharmacies were early yesterday afternoon on the Ras Abu Aboud flyover near the busy clearing their old stocks Corniche-Al Wakra Road near former airport arrival terminal and stopped placing new orders, the turn to Hamad International and the traffic signals intersec- which apparently has resulted in Airport (HIA). The car in which tion near the Museum of Islamic the reported shortage. the deceased were travelling was Art. The accident occurred, a lit- “Some medicines have run out hit by a Land Cruiser from behind tle after 2.30am. of stock because fresh stocks and the impact of the collision It was a busy day yesterday for with the reduced prices have not was so powerful that the ill-fated the emergency unit of Hamad come yet. This happened partly smaller car caught fire. General Hospital (HGH) as well, as P ilgrims walk on a bridge as they head to cast stones at pillars symbolising Satan during the final day of the Haj, because of Eid holidays. We have The nationality of the deceased some 1,300 people reported to the the third day of Eid Al Adha, in Mina, yesterday. just started placing orders for could not be confirmed. The unit during the day time with dif- new stocks and they are expected Philippine embassy could not be ferent complaints, mostly stomach to arrive shortly,” said a retailer. immediately reached for confir- upsets and respiratory problems. Haj free of Ebola, MERS: Minister He and another retailer con- mation. The accident took place One person was reported dead firmed that panadol was particularly around 1pm, according to the daily. due to heart failure. Among those short in supply due to high demand. One woman, reportedly a brought to the emergency unit MINA: The annual Haj which hajj was free of all epidemic dis- Saudi Arabia is the country Sources from a leading phar- Filipina, was left injured in the were six people who were injured drew two million Muslims from eases,” Fakieh said. hardest hit by MERS, which has macy chain, which runs 17 retail mishap and was rushed for emer- in road accidents, and one of them around the world has been Among its preventive meas- killed 322 people in the king- outlets across Qatar, however, gency medical care, but her con- was admitted to the intensive epidemic-free, Saudi Arabia’s ures, Fakieh’s ministry set up a dom since it first appeared in claimed that their outlets had no dition could not be known till the care unit (ICU). Also admitted acting health minister said “command and control” centre September 2012. problem with the supplies. time of going to press. to the ICU were six people with yesterday. to direct the Haj health opera- The health ministry on Sunday “There is no shortage of medi- Civil Defence and Lekhwiya cardiac-related complaints. Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s tion, and required every pilgrim reported two more MERS deaths, cines in the market. Some individ- (Internal Security Force) person- In the mean time, it is known holiest sites, engaged thousands to complete a health screening one in the capital Riyadh and ual outlets may be facing problems nel reached the spot of the accident that the man who died after his of health workers to make sure questionnaire. another in Taif, 80km east of the because wholesalers would give immediately and launched rescue car was crushed sandwiched pilgrims were protected from two Passengers were monitored by holy city of Makkah. preference to the leading firms operation and regulated the traffic. between two trailers late on deadly viruses, Ebola and Middle thermal cameras that detect high Ebola has killed more than in supplies,” said the source. Al Sharq reported that the collision Friday night was an Indian. East Respiratory Syndrome coro- body temperature, and 15 isola- 3,000 people in West Africa. Asked if the price reduction took place due to high speed. Prejo, from the south Indian navirus (MERS-CoV). tion rooms were set up to hold Saudi Arabia did not allow had any positive impact on sales, Meanwhile, early on Sunday state of Kerala, was 26 years old. The mission succeeded, acting any suspicious cases at the airport pilgrims to come from Guinea, he said it is too early to judge. morning, three people died in a He died when his car collided with health minister Adel Fakieh, told in the city of Jeddah. Liberia and Sierra Leone, which “Medicines are not like other tragic mishap on the Corniche trailers on Doha-Al Wakra Road reporters as pilgrims performed Fakieh said 170 people were have been hardest hit by the commodities. A price fall is not Road, local Arabic daily Al Raya at 11pm on Friday. the final rituals of the hajj and considered as possibly hav- illness. likely to generate more demand. reported yesterday. THE PENINSULA began returning home. ing MERS but all proved to be AFP THE PENINSULA Four cars were involved in the Picture on page 4 “I am pleased to announce the negative. See also page 5 Continued on page 4 Shaun the Sheep Trio win Nobel Dusty weather to affect for discovering brain’s GPS visibility: Met office STOCKHOLM/LONDON: DOHA: The weather is going to four to eight feet high. British-American John O’Keefe be windy and dusty today and The direction of the wind will and Norwegians May-Britt and tomorrow affecting visibility. be northwesterly. The windy and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel The Met Office has forecast dusty weather will peak tomor- Prize for medicine for discovering fresh to strong winds accompa- row, having been caused by a the brain’s navigation system and nied with dust at times for today deepening of low Indian monsoon, giving clues as to how strokes and and tomorrow. said the forecast. Alzheimer’s disrupt it. Horizontal visibility in the The wind will begin losing its The Nobel Assembly, which open areas and highways will be sting from Thursday. A forecaster awarded the prize of 8m Swedish affected as a result. told this newspaper that maxi- crowns ($1.1m) at Sweden’s Wind speed will be 12 to 20 mum day temperature could soar Karolinska Institute yesterday, knots an hour, at times even reach- up to 40 degrees Celsius today. said the discovery solved a prob- ing up to 25 knots, the Met Office Tomorrow the mercury level is lem that had occupied philoso- said in a special bulletin yesterday. expected to reach up to 38 degrees phers and scientists for centuries: Offshore, the wind speed will Celsius, with humidity levels com- “How does the brain create a map be reaching between 15 and 30 ing down slightly to 70 percent. of the space surrounding us and knots an hour at places, leading THE PENINSULA how can we navigate our way Shaun the Sheep characters performing at Hyatt Plaza as part of Eid Al Adha celebrations organised by Qatar to tumultuous sea with waves Continued on page 4 through a complex environment?” Tourism Authority yesterday. (KAMMUTTY VP) See also page 7 IS raises flag in Syrian town Taxi drivers accused of being rude and greedy MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: BY YASIN ABU TAQIU and that even after overcharging exaggerates the distance, even a and you wait for another one or equip taxis with an electronic Islamic State raised its flag on a us,” said Ivan Nayaka, a regular shorter one, and claims that if but he also asks for something map. building on the outskirts of the DOHA: Taxi users in Qatar commuter. he uses the meter it will be more similar or even a bigger fare,” Some passengers of African Syrian frontier town of Kobane are becoming increasingly wary “Sometimes they are rude to money. he said. origins reported waiting longer yesterday after an assault of of drivers and accuse them of you while entering their cab, and Cabbies also test the knowl- He said that there were also and several Asian taxi drivers almost three weeks, but the town’s being rude and greedy. on the way, they will keep telling edge of the customer about the instances when the waiting for avoided taking them. Kurdish defenders said its fighters Commuters are angry that the you how they don’t want to take destination and if a commuter is taxis takes long and in the day “There have been a few cases had not reached the city centre.