ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 11 December 2012 27 Muharram 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5545 Price: QR2 Maserati Windies’ T20 unveils victory over Quattroporte Bangladesh Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets Abbas Wakrah Hospital Concern over likely to open tomorrow DOHA: Wakrah Hospital, the huge overseas largest healthcare facility in the country, is expected to open officially tomorrow. Details of the opening cere- mony are yet to be announced. In health bill the initial phase, the hospital will cater to mainly referral patients from primary health centres in Wakrah and the neighbouring Advisory Council discusses issue localities, Al Sharq reported yes- terday, quoting a source. DOHA: Qatar spent a whop- in doctors and other healthcare The hospital started receiving ping QR1.2bn ($328.76m) last practitioners here are forcing visitors in May last year with the year on treatment of its citi- many citizens to look for treat- opening of outpatient clinics for zens overseas, reflecting the ment overseas. “This has been maternity, paediatric, internal poor satisfaction level of locals forcing the government to spend medicine, and diabetes among with healthcare services in the huge amounts on their treat- other facilities. The size of the country. ment,” said the Council, which had 350-bed hospital is equivalent This was disclosed at a regular recommended that the Supreme to the Hamad General Hospital, session of the Advisory Council Council of Health (SCH) speed up Women’s Hospital and Rumailah here yesterday. The State Cabinet processing the applications from Hospital put together. The hospital has approved a series of propos- Qataris seeking treatment abroad The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Emiri has separate buildings for women’s als submitted by the Council to since any delay could cause fur- Diwan yesterday. Talks at the meeting dealt with bilateral relations and means of developing them, in addi- healthcare and emergency, opera- improve the quality of healthcare ther health complications. tion to the latest Palestinian developments. The Emir also met Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil tion theatres and intensive care services in the country. The Cabinet also agreed on a units. THE PENINSULA Al ArabI, yesterday. See also page 2 Yesterday’s meeting discussed recommendation of the Advisory a memorandum forwarded by the Council to give priority to Qataris Cabinet intimating its approval of in all healthcare services. the Council’s recommendations. The Council has also proposed Currently, about 2,000 Qatari to upgrade the premises of the patients are undergoing treatment health care facilities with more abroad under state support, and in floors and rooms, install more 87 shops caught flouting consumer law 2011 a total of QR1.2bn was spent equipment for X-ray, MRI scan on citizens who sought treatment and other medical examinations DOHA: In a crackdown last Ministry of Business and Trade appliances of common use (plugs its electronic display screen that in other countries, the Council and increase the number of spe- month, government inspectors received 347 consumer complaints and wires, for example) were shows exchange rates of major said, citing the Cabinet’s memo. cialised pharmacies, consultants discovered a number of retail last month. found to be of low quality — qual- world currencies, operating. Going by statistics released by and nurses at HMC hospitals. outlets not displaying price lists, Non-display of price lists by ity that didn’t fit Qatari standards At least eight outlets were the Supreme Council of Health It had called on the authorities mostly for fresh fruits and veg- shops, whether big or small— and specifications. found flouting the provisions of (SCH) earlier, this shows a sig- speed up the implementation of etables, in violation of the law. including neighbourhood stores— Interestingly, one shop had the law with regard to exchange nificant increase over 2010, when the national health insurance In all, 87 shops selling vari- is a violation of law. launched a promotion without of goods sold. a total of QR780m ($213.7m) was scheme and give priority to citi- ous products and services were CPD inspectors discovered at formal approval from the authori- Five of the 87 erring shops were spent on nearly 3,000 citizens who zens in this process. The SCH has singled out by inspectors from one of the erring shops that the ties concerned. While another charged for overpricing. They had received treatment overseas. already announced that Qatari the consumer rights watchdog weight of a packet of the popu- had the permission to launch made customers pay more than The Council noted that crowd- women will indeed be the benefi- for general violation of the con- lar Arabic bread ‘khubz’ was less sales promotion but didn’t follow the prices mentioned in their pro- ing and long waiting time for ciaries of the first phase of the sumer protection law, of which 42 than legally prescribed. The size rules. motion brochures. Another five appointments at Hamad Medical insurance scheme. were found not displaying price of the breads was found to be The CPD inspectors raided service-providing companies did Corporation (HMC) hospitals, THE PENINSULA lists. The Consumer Protection smaller than required. exchange firms as well and discov- not mention their rates. coupled with a lack of confidence Continued on page 4 Department (CPD) of the In another outlet, electrical ered that one of these did not have THE PENINSULA Bahrain activist’s Egypt army gets daughter jailed Anti-doping lab power to arrest for one month opens in Doha civilians during DUBAI: A Bahraini court yes- terday sentenced the daughter DOHA: Qatar which has country on par with some of the referendum of prominent opposition activ- emerged as one of the top sport- leaders in the sporting world,” said ist Hadi Al Khawaja to one ing hubs, added yet another Sheikh Saoud, while addressing CAIRO: Egypt’s Islamist presi- month in jail for taking part in feature to its surging infra- the gathering. ADLQ will strive dent has given the army tempo- an unauthorised demonstration, structure facilities with the to make drug education part of rary power to arrest civilians her lawyer said. inauguration of the Anti-Doping health education, lay down norms during a constitutional referen- Zainab Al Khawaja, the eld- Laboratory Qatar (ADLQ). regulating the use of technology dum he is determined to push est of the Shia rights activist’s The Heir Apparent, H H Sheikh in sport and provide accurate and through despite the risk of daughters, was found guilty of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inau- current information to athletes. bloodshed between his support- entering the “prohibited area” of gurated the state-of-the-art facil- “We seek to raise awareness, ers and opponents accusing him Pearl Square, the main symbol of ity at Aspire Zone, in the presence to help our athletes think criti- of a power grab. 2011 protests crushed by security of ace rally driver and Olympic cally, and make the wise choice of Seven people were killed and forces, on February 12, the lawyer bronze medal winner in shooting, avoiding doping in any form,” said hundreds wounded last week said. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah, and 2012 Sheikh Saoud. Dr Robin Olivier, in clashes between the Islamist She also was fined 100 dinars London Games bronze medallist in Science Director at Wada, said Muslim Brotherhood and their ($258). high jump, Mutaz Essa Barshim. the inauguration of the lab is a critics besieging Mohammed Her lawyers disputed the Qatar Olympic Committee significant achievement for Qatar Mursi’s graffiti-daubed presiden- charges, saying there was “no for- General-Secretary Sheikh Saoud in the field of sport and science. tial palace. Both sides plan mass mal decision declaring that Pearl bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who 33 labs around the world are rallies today. Square is a forbidden area”. was present for the inauguration, dedicated to the analysis of sports The elite Republican Guard has Defence attorney Mohamed said the anti-doping laboratory is doping control tests. Labs that yet to use force to keep protest- Al Wasta also said on his Twitter another red letter day for Qatar. wish to perform analysis of dop- ers away from the palace, which account that the prosecution “Today, we are celebrating ing controls for sports under the it ringed with tanks, barbed wire ordered Khawaja’s detention for another addition to the sports World Anti-Doping Code must and concrete barricades after last a week on charges of incitement The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani opening the facilities. Every day we will see achieve and maintain WADA week’s violence. against the regime. Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar (ADLQ) at Aspire Zone yesterday. improvements in the sports accreditation. THE PENINSULA Mursi, bruised by calls for AFP See also page 26 facilities in Qatar, which puts the Continued on page 4 his downfall, has rescinded a November 22 decree giving him wide powers but is going ahead with a referendum on Saturday on a constitution seen by his sup- porters as a triumph for democ- Focus on freedom of speech, DCMF tells rights groups racy and by many liberals as a betrayal. A decree issued by Mursi late DOHA: The Doha Centre for source of all human rights, the He was speaking at a human to mark the ‘Human Rights Day world over the last two years,” on Sunday gives the armed forces Media Freedom (DCMF) urged voices of all sections of the com- rights event ‘My Voice Counts’ yesterday.