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Jason Greenblatt, the The centre was inaugurated Twitter-loving US leader’s by the President of the Supreme Lieutenant-General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa during the inauguration special representative for Council of Health (SCH), Lieu- Services. “This centre took five years tre which is around 6000 square quality of healthcare,” he added. international negotiations, tenant-General Dr Shaikh Mo- Speaking to Tribune, Lt Col to build and it is the vision of meters. Equipped with facilities The centre was inspired by has taken to social media hammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa. (Dr) Nayef A.Rahman Louri- Major General Prof Khalid bin to train health service providers the belief that human resource over several days in an in- 12 years in the making, the Consultant, Head of Contin - Ali Al-Khalifa, Director of Royal from doctors, nurses and par- developmental training is the direct, if also plainly visible, Crown Prince Centre for Train- uous Medical Education and Medical Service, to establish the amedics to those dealing with cornerstone for a success - dialogue with the Palestini- ing & Medical Research was es- Chief Coordinator at the Crown centre for the training of the trauma and military medicine ful medical institution and is an leadership. tablished in celebration of the Prince Centre for Training & undergraduate as well as post- as well. It has cutting edge tech- therefore equipped with Simu- Greenblatt and Jared 40th anniversary of the Bahrain Medical Research, revealed the graduates,” he said. nology which will help health lation-Based Education. Kushner, Trump’s son-in- Defence Force Royal Medical vision of the establishment. “It is a very sophisticated cen- service providers to improve the (Continues on page 2) law and adviser, have been handed the herculean task of coming up with a plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians after decades of failed initiatives. In his latest tweets on Wednesday, Greenblatt re- sponded to Abbas spokes- IS down to less than 1pc man Nabil Abu Rudeineh who warned that no peace was possible without the Palestinian people’s assent. “Well, Mr. Nabil, we agree of ‘caliphate’: coalition on something -- there is no peace without an agree - Beirut, Lebanon At its height, the jihadist proto-state “These tactics won’t succeed, our Syr- ment. We are working hard proclaimed by IS in Syria and Iraq in June ian partners are focused on finding ISIS on that. You’re doing noth- ecent gains by Kurdish-led forces 2014 was roughly the size of Britain. wherever they hide, and our Iraqi part- ing,” Greenblatt tweeted. in Syria have shrunk the Islamic But it has since lost most of that terri- ners have secured their borders,” he said, “You can’t claim to want RState group’s “caliphate” to less tory to various offensives. using another acronym for IS. peace and also try to sab- than one percent of its original size, the The jihadists are now clinging on to More than 37,000 people, mostly wives otage the potential for an US-led coalition said yesterday. a small sliver of land near the village of and children of jihadist fighters, have agreement. It can’t go both Major General Christopher Ghika, the Baghouz in eastern Syria and many resi- fled IS territory since the Kurdish-led ways,” he wrote. coalition’s deputy commander, described dents are fleeing and turning themselves Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by the size of the last patch of land held by in ahead of a final offensive. the US-led coalition, intensified its of- the jihadists as “now less than one per- Jihadists “are attempting to escape fensive in December, according to cent of the original caliphate”. through intermixing with the innocent the Syrian Observatory for Human The coalition and allied Kurdish forces women and children attempting to flee Rights. have captured “approximately 99.5 per the fighting”, coalition deputy com - The Britain-based war monitor has cent” of IS-controlled territory, he said manding general Christopher Ghika said that figure includes some 3,200 in a statement. was quoted as saying. Major General Christopher Ghika suspected jihadists. DON’T MISS IT UNIQUE BIRTH Concerted efforts 03 to end terrorism Saudi team ready to treat conjoined Yemeni twins Warmest January Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from abroad. 04 since 1902 Late on Wednesday, the head Saudi medical team has Arrangements are be- of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman offered to treat Yemeni ing made to transport Aid and Relief Centre, Abdullah Body recovered conjoined twins follow- al-Rabeeah, said he had a team from wreck of A Abdelkhaleq and Ab- 06 ing a plea from doctors in Yem- delkarim from Sanaa that was prepared to treat them. Sala plane en’s blockaded capital for the He said arrangements were newborns to receive specialist to the kingdom “as being made to transport Ab - care abroad. soon as possible delkhaleq and Abdelkarim from Abdelkhaleq and Abdelkarim Sanaa to the kingdom “as soon as were born outside Sanaa around naa’s Al-Thawra hospital, Dr possible”, the official Saudi Press 10 days ago and share a kidney Faisal al-Babili, said his depart- Agency reported. and a pair of legs but have sepa- Conjoined twin boys, Abdelkhaleq and Abdelkarim, who were born around 10 ment lacked the facilities to treat Rabeeah said the team would rate hearts and lungs. days ago are pictured in an incubator at a hospital near the Yemeni capital or separate the newborns and study the possibility of separat- The head of paediatrics at Sa- Sanaa appealed on Wednesday for help ing them. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019 02 First of its kind centre in Kingdom (Continues from page 1) he first of its kind in Bah- rain and one of the few Tin the region, the state of the art simulation technology is similar to those used in the aviation industry to effectively improve skills and knowledge His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First of health care professionals. Deputy Prime Minister bids farewell to Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II of Jordan at Sakhir Air Base following an Guest speaker Dr Karl Miller, official visit to Bahrain. HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Associate Professor of Surgery Al Khalifa and a number of senior officials were present at the Centre of Bariatric and Metabolism Surgery, told Trib- une: “Simulation is absolutely Dr Karl Miller Lt Col (Dr) Nayef A.Rahman necessary; it improves and en- hances the skill of the surgeons perts. When performing sur- provement in technology and and physicians. It also provides gery you get immediate feed- enhancement in skill training. the simulation of difficult cases back as well as simultaneously The quality of surgery is out- to help professionals have a bet- record your procedure. This standing, from the procedures ter understanding. Simulation permanent record provides to the equipment, it is world caters to challenging cases that data on your performance,” he class,” stated Dr Miller are not routinely performed added. “This is an outstanding train- which is a great benefit for the The record of Medical his- ing centre, I am a faculty mem- patient.” tory is clear on the power of ber of many training centres “Studies prove that profes- research and training and its ul- in Europe and India and I can sionals trained in a simulator timately transformative impact say that I have never seen this showcase better performance of progress in human health. standard of training at the mo- which results in better skill. In The 500 person capacity cen- ment,” he added addition, we should utilise new tre is dedicated to incorporat- Crown Prince Centre for technology that is used in other ing the right balance between Training & Medical Research Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal participating in a Majlis held by Northern professions such as aviation and basic science and science that emphasises the management Governorate in the presence of Governor, Ali Abdulhussain Al-Asfoor, MPs and other officials and guests. The meeting sports, a technology that can makes an improvement in the of health economy and devel- discussed ways to consolidate effective cooperation between the Northern Governorate’s MPs and the local municipal measure your improvement. health of the people of Bahrain. opment in medical informatics council and governorate. The speaker described the Majlises as “value-added” platforms for enhancing social and C-SATS is a technology that “I first came to Bahrain in which will substantially in - institutional work.