www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 27 QIIB gets highest Marchisio targets certificate for card more silverware data protection for Juventus Thursday 22 December 2016 | 23 Rabia I 1438 Volume 21 | Number 7018 | 2 Riyals Prime Minister meets Canadian envoy Emir condoles Six new Indian with Russian President EMIR H H Sheikh Tamim bin schools to open Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to next year Turkey Andrey Karlov, who was murdered on Monday. The Emir also expressed Irfan Bukhari strong condemnation and The Peninsula denunciation of the criminal attack on the Ambassador, mid continuing stressing Qatar's firm position complaints about that rejects violence and terror- shortage of seats in ism in all their forms, whatever Indian schools in their motives and causes. Qatar, a senior offi- Deputy Emir H H Sheikh cialA of the Ministry of Education Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and Higher Education said yes- With several Indian Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Prime Minister and Inte- terday that the problem would schools starting with Ambassador of Canada Adrian Norfolk, in Doha, yesterday. The meeting focused rior Minister H E Sheikh be addressed as six new Indian admission for the next on bilateral cooperation and the means to enhance it. → See also page 2 Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- schools would be opened in the lifa Al Thani have also sent next academic year. academic year to the similar cables. With several Indian schools limited seats available, starting admission for the next parents say that they academic year to the limited have been forced to seats available, parents say that run from pillar to post they have been forced to run looking for a seat for Hukoomi gets 4 million hits a month from pillar to post looking for a seat for their kids. their kids. Asked about the issue, The Peninsula tioning and connection with the audience. under development, which, after comple- Hamad Al Ghali, director of the Hukoomi agreements are aimed at coor- tion, will be upgraded and enriched with Private Schools Office at the security issues,” Al Ghali told ukoomi, the Qatar e-Government dinating efforts in the management of online more improvements and features. Ministry said that only two The Peninsula. Portal was accessed about four mil- content and services – a step that signifi- Hukoomi now provides nearly 1300 Indian schools have been told The MES Indian School cur- Hlion times a month this year, with up cantly helps in providing higher-quality and online services, of which 650 are end-to- by the ministry to stop admis- rently has about 8,000 students to 300 visitors from at least 180 countries more useful information and services. These end for companies, citizens and residents sions since they already have although the school premises visiting at any one time. agreements are in line with the strategic covering the fields of healthcare, education, students on their rolls beyond have a capacity of only 5,000 The government portal recently signed goals and objectives laid down in the Qatar business, and many more. the permitted capacity. students. The Ideal Indian agreements with a number of ministries on e-Government 2020 Strategy. The Hukoomi team can be reached in “ We have asked the MES School has 6,000 students, managing the online content and e-services Hukoomi, Qatar’s e-Government Por- various languages and through multiple Indian School and the Ideal more than double the permit- available at the portal. tal, was first launched in 2008. A new channels; by phone on “109”, or fax at Indian School not to take any ted capacity of 2,800 The portal plans to implement more such Hukoomi version was launched in 2010 with 44069998, SMS and email; contact@huk- new students for the next aca- students. agreements with all government agencies more improvements, enhancements, serv- oomi.qa or even instant messaging and demic year due to safety and → Continued on page 8 in Qatar to achieve the best possible func- ices and information. Phase 3 is currently WhatsApp on 50078999. 02 HOME THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER 2016 Little-known disease causes PM meets Kyrgyz Ambassador high cholesterol in region The Peninsula protocol and innovative therapy Inherited disorder options are necessary,” Dr Zirie little known condi- An inherited explained. tion, familial condition, familial Studies suggest that many hypercholestero- hypercholesterolemia patients on cholesterol manage- lemia, along with (FH), can result in ment treatment continue to various other dis- early cardiovascular experience persistent abnormal eases,A is resulting in a peculiar lipid levels exposing them to a disease. pattern of high blood cholesterol high risk of cardiovascular dis- in the region that is much dif- ease. This is also due to ferent from the rest of the world, There is a lack of sub-optimal patient compliance according to experts. data on FH and the and adherence to the prescribed Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani More than half of the high- disease is severely treatment regime. with the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic in Qatar Nuran Niyazaliev. The meeting risk patients do not achieve underdiagnosed in Around 61.8% of all patients focused on bilateral cooperation. target cholesterol control in Gulf the region. and 69.5% of very high risk countries, according to experts patients do not achieve target at a recently concluded scien- cholesterol control levels in the tific conference. down through families. It causes Gulf countries. Comprehensive The Ministry of Public LDL (bad) cholesterol level to be surveillance, awareness, adher- Cabinet approves draft Health (MoPH) recently organ- very high. The condition begins ence to treatment regimens, as ised, in collaboration Hamad at birth and can cause heart well as modification of lifestyle Medical Corporation and Sanofi, attacks at an early age. choices, is necessary to halt the resolution on civil aviation a two-day educational scientific The high prevalence of rise in cardiovascular disease- programme to tackle high cho- familial hypercholesterolemia related mortality. lesterol. The event, led by along with hypertension, diabe- The programme included sci- The Peninsula at the General Authority of Civil rules and national regulations. renowned national and inter- tes, and consanguineous entific presentations on Aviation, and be chaired by the The Cabinet also approved national cardiologists and marriages, in the Middle East dyslipidemia management, he State Cabinet yesterday President of the General Author- the projects and decisions of the endocrinologists, emphasised region, results in a pattern of guidelines for lipid management, approved a draft resolution ity of Civil Aviation, with Minister of Municipal and Envi- the need for adopting effective dyslipidemia (high amount of updates on latest therapy Tto establish a committee to representatives from the author- ronment on the adoption of Gulf and timely measures to ensure lipids in the blood) that is differ- advancements, and advanced coordinate search and rescue ities concerned as members. standard specifications as the improved blood cholesterol ent from many other regions of workshops on optimal manage- operations in civil aviation. The committee will be spe- Qatari standard specification as management in patients to the world. Early prevention and ment based on case studies. The Prime Minister and Inte- cialized in a number of areas, well as the adoption of Gulf Tech- address cardiovascular disease control of dyslipidemia is of par- Experts noted a large number of rior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah including the study of ways to nical regulations as the Qatari (CVD) risks. amount importance to reduce patients are faced with the chal- bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani remove comments that have been Technical regulations. The Cabi- “People with underlying con- the risk of developing cardio- lenge of achieving the chaired the Cabinet's ordinary monitored by the inspection team net also reviewed several other ditions such as high blood vascular diseases. (CVD). recommended LDL cholesterol meeting, held at the Emiri Diwan of the International Civil Aviation topics and took decisions: includ- pressure (hypertension) and dia- There is a lack of data on levels. “The Ministry through the yesterday. Under the resolution, Organization team in accordance ing a draft law on the protection betes often have high cholesterol. familial hypercholesterolemia National Health Strategy empha- the committee will be established with the international standard of the Arabic language. In the region, adults also suffer and the disease is severely under sizes the importance of medical from familial hypercholestero- diagnosed in the region. education programmes for devel- lemia (FH), a little known “People with FH are unable oping a highly skilled workforce. inherited condition associated to process the body’s natural sup- This is essential if we are to suc- Foreign Minister meets UN envoy for Syria with high cholesterol that can ply of cholesterol in the liver, cessfully implement our public result in early cardiovascular dis- leading to very high levels of ‘bad’ health agenda and reduce the QNA Syria Staffan de Mistura in Minister said that the meeting ease,” said Dr Mahmoud A Zirie, cholesterol that can block arter- incidence of chronic diseases. Our Morocco. During the