www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 32 GOIC and China Goal-machine firm sign MoU for Suarez on coursee Gulf rail network for another feat THURSDAY 12 MAY 2016 • 5 SHA’BAAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6794 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir meets China’s Foreign Minister Vice-presidents Metrash2 adds and Deans appointed at four more Qatar University languages The Peninsula DOHA: Dr Hassan Rashid Al Der- ham, President, Qatar University, visas, exit permits and return visas has issued several decisions and Traffic Department services, related to new appointments to The mobile app among others. key positions at the university. of the Ministry The new version also includes Dr Khalid Nasir Al Khater has of Interior has community policing services and been appointed as Acting Vice- improvement on some existing ones. President for Administrative and been made more It allows subscribers to enquire Financial Affairs; and Profes- accessible to about travel ban and locations. sor Nizam Mohammed Hindi as “With the addition of new lan- Assistant Vice-President for Plan- expatriates guages, Metrash2 service can be ning and accessed by a large number of Academic expatriates as the application is Develop- The Peninsula now available completely in six lan- ment, Dr guages”, said Brig. Abdul Rahman Al Derham Maliki, Assistant Director-General, said on Directorate of Information Systems his official DOHA: Metrash2, the mobile appli- (GDIS). Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his delegation at Twitter cation of the Ministry of Interior “Now there are more than the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks dealt with cooperation between both countries. Wang is in Qatar for account (MoI), has been made more acces- 241,000 subscribers of Metrash2 the seventh session of the ministerial meeting of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum to be held today. yesterday. sible to expatriates with the launch and include individuals and com- Dr of a new version that uses four addi- pany representatives and they are Ahmed tional languages — French, Spanish, accessing over 120 services elec- Abdul- Dr Hassan Rashid Al Urdu and Malayalam. tronically through this app,” he said. rahman Derham, President, All MoI e-services offered Brig. Al Maliki said a large Al Emadi Qatar University. through Metrash2 will now be number of transactions have been Work on 3 specialised hospitals completed has been available in six languages, includ- completed through Metrash2 until appointed as Dean of Collage of ing Arabic and English, which are now. Education and Dr Khalid Shams already in use. For example, 180,000 residence By Fazeena Saleem The facilities can together treat expected to be completed by June. “We Al Abdulkader as Dean of College Metrash2 offers over 120 permit renewals, 140,000 vehi- The Peninsula 4,000 patients a day. are responsible for the construction of of Economy and Business. e-services through Android and cle ownership transfers, 25,000 Ambulatory Care Centre; Qatar building and equipping it with furni- Dr Rashid Ahmed Al Kuwari IOS devices where most of these fancy vehicle number transfers, Rehabilitation Institute; and Wom- ture,” Engineer Abdulmohsin Hassan has been appointed as Dean of can be accessed and completed 15,000 renewal and activation of en’s Wellness and Research Centre Al Rashid, Head of Health Projects, College of Arts and Science and Dr electronically, including payment e-gate services and 10,000 driving DOHA: Giving a major boost to the have also been partially equipped and Buildings Project Management Mohammed Essam Diyab as Dean without resorting to any MoI serv- licence renewals have been com- healthcare sector in Qatar, construc- the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) Department, Ashghal, told reporters of College of Pharmacy. ices centres. pleted through Metrash2. tion of three specialised hospitals at started the process of handing them during a tour of the facilities. Dr Nasir Abdullah Al Nuaimi The services include those Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City has over to Hamad Medical Corporation has been appointed as Director of related to residency permit, entry → Continued on page 6 been completed. (HMC) on April 30 and the process is → Continued on page 6 Advanced Materials Centre. 02 THURSDAY 12 MAY 2016 HOME Emir receives credentials of five envoys Cabinet approves draft changes to GCC unified customs tariff weekly meeting at the Emiri Diwan and technical cooperation between yesterday. Qatar and Serbia. The weekly session Following the session, he said The meeting took decisions also approved draft the Cabinet reviewed topics on the after reviewing a memo by the agenda and took decisions. The Foreign Minister and President of MoU on tourism Cabinet approved a draft decree Qatar’s Committee for Alliance of cooperation between amending the GCC unified customs Civilisations on the annual report Qatar and Kuwait. tariff. on implementation Qatar’s plan It also approved a draft memo- for 2015, a letter by the Minister of randum of understanding (MoU) on Municipality and Environment on the tourism cooperation between Qatar Cabinet’s draft decision amending QNA and Kuwait; and a draft agreement the organisation of some administra- on avoidance of double taxation and tive units of the ministry its terms of prevention of fiscal evasion with reference; and a letter by the Minis- respect to taxes on income between ter of Municipality and Environment DOHA: Deputy Prime Minister and Qatar and Turkey and the draft pro- on a draft decision of the Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs tocol attached thereto. amending some provisions of Law H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid The meeting also approved a No. 83 of 2011 regarding family hous- Al Mahmoud chaired the Cabinet’s draft agreement on economic, trade ing zones. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received the credentials of five new ambassadors at the Emiri WISH presents report at Pakistan forum Diwan yesterday. They were Jens Eikaas (Norway, pictured); Jose Andrade de Lemos (Angola); Wilfred Ali (Malawi); Mohammad Saad (Togo); and Kamlesh S Prakash (Fiji). They conveyed to the Emir the greetings of their leaders and wishes of further progress and prosperity for the people of Qatar. The Emir welcomed the envoys and wished them success and relations between Qatar and their countries further progress The Peninsula Symons spoke about the Car- Pakistan is geared towards deploy- and prosperity. The ambassadors were also accorded separate receptions at the Emiri Diwan. eReport, a new application for ment in a live clinical setting, rather patient safety incident reporting than pure research. and learning, which leverages latest “We are also proud to see our DOHA: The World Innovation Sum- technologies and human behav- WISH patient safety report reach mit for Health (WISH) has presented ioural insights and can help reduce new and wider audiences around key findings from the National the incidence of preventable med- the world. Local produce free from pesticide residues Reporting and Learning System ical errors in Pakistan and beyond. “All of us will be patients at one (LHSN) and an overview of the ‘Car- Symons said: “The opportunity time or another in life, and mak- eReport’ system to a group of leading to present CareReport as a practical ing that experience safer should health experts in Rawalpindi, Paki- output from three years of research be a core mission for all lead- The Peninsulsa The samples were found free a event organised by the Perma- stan. in patient safety reporting is exciting. ers in healthcare, it is for us as a from any remains of pesticide due nent Committee for Farmers and The event, entitled ‘The First “Showcasing the excellent col- programme.” to continuous monitoring and aware- Regulating Farmers’ Affairs at the International Conference on Patient laboration we have with WISH Dr Zakiuddin Ahmed, Chair- ness drive conducted by the Ministry headquarters of the agriculture sec- Safety’, took place from May 7 to 8 and leveraging the insights of their man of the conference, said: “WISH DOHA: Locally produced fruits and of Municipality and Environment, tor of the Ministry of Municipality and at Riphah International University. holistic systems approach to patient is a platform where top minds from vegetables have been found free from the research said. It recommended Environment. Research Scholar Nura It connected policymakers and safety, while sharing them with the different specialties in healthcare pesticide residues, in a research by a system for checking residues of Mohammad Al Shammari; Dr Fatima healthcare providers from around international community in Paki- gather from all over the world and College of Arts and Science at Qatar pesticides in fruits and vegetables to Al Naimi, Dean, College of Arts and the world with local stakeholders stan, is going to be of benefit to share research and experiences, cre- University. ensure no produce enters the coun- Science; other professors from the to improve patient safety across patients and clinicians around the ating a pool of combined knowledge. Samples of 127 local and try with residues more than required. college and senior officials of the the country. globe.” “The platform generates inno- imported fruits and vegetables were The study also recommended ministry were present. The research was presented by Egbert Schillings, CEO, WISH, vative ideas and creates guidelines tested, including tomato, cucumber, washing fruits and vegetables with The research paper was entitled Josh Symons, who leads the Big Data stated: “It is gratifying to see one of and standards, based on evidence parsley (locally known as baqdunas) acetic acid, salt and soap before eat- ‘Evaluation of the residues of organic and Analytical Unit as part of the the innovations featured at WISH get and research, which should be used and Roca leave (locally known as Jar- ing, Qatar News Agency reports.