JUMADA ALTHANI 22, 1441 AH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 28 Pages Max 27º Min 07º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18062 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait Red Crescent shifts Afghan refugees mark 40 yrs Asian plane makers struggle Giggs, Scholes and instant noodles: 2 attention to poor in Kuwait 9 in Pakistan in ‘mini Kabul’ 13 to take off in crowded market Vietnam takes potshot at World Cup Qatar says talks to end Gulf row were suspended in Jan Saudi: Iran must change behavior before any talks • Clash over US’ global retreat MUNICH: Qatar’s foreign minister said yesterday Iran and that Tehran first needed to change its behav- efforts to resolve a bitter Gulf dispute had not suc- ior before talks can happen. “Until we can talk about ceeded and were suspended at the start of January. the real sources of that instability, talk is going to be The discussions began in October on a row in which unproductive,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Egypt severed political, trade and transport ties with yesterday traded barbs with European leaders over Qatar in mid-2017. diminishing Western influence, rejecting as “grossly “It’s been almost three years,” Mohammed bin over-exaggerated” their claims that Washington had Abdulrahman Al-Thani said at the Munich Security retreated from the global stage. Speaking at the Conference. “We were not perpetrators and are open Munich Security Conference, Pompeo sought to to any offer to resolve this problem. Unfortunately assuage European anxiety over the transatlantic bond efforts did not succeed and were suspended at the under an unpredictable President Donald Trump, say- beginning of January and Qatar is not responsible for ing: “The West is winning and we’re winning togeth- this,” he said. er.” But he was immediately contradicted by French Also at the Munich conference, Saudi Arabia’s for- President Emmanuel Macron, who warned of “a weak- eign minister said yesterday no private messages or ening of the West”. direct contact had taken place to ease tensions with Continued on Page 24 MUNICH: (From left) Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Thani, Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi and US Senator Chris Murphy attend a panel discussion during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) yesterday. — AFP Agency did not specify the fate of the crew or the Saudi fighter crashes cause of the crash, which comes amid an upsurge in fighting between the warring parties that threatens to worsen Yemen’s humanitarian crisis. The Houthi in Yemen, Houthis rebels said they will release footage showing the launch of its “advanced surface-to-air missile” and say plane shot down the moment it downed the jet. “The downing of a Tornado in the sky above Al-Jawf is a major blow to RIYADH: A Saudi fighter jet crashed in conflict-torn the enemy and an indication of remarkable growth in Yemen, the Riyadh-led military coalition backing the Yemeni (rebel) air defense capabilities,” Houthi government said yesterday, as the country’s Iran- spokesman Mohammed Abdelsalam tweeted. backed Houthi rebels claimed to have shot it down. The insurgents reported multiple coalition air The Tornado aircraft came down Friday in northern strikes yesterday in the Houthi-controlled area where Al-Jawf province during an operation to support the plane went down as local residents gathered near government forces, the coalition said in a statement, the wreckage, according to the rebels’ Al-Masirah in a rare crash that marks a setback for a military television. The bombing raids left “dozens” of people alliance known for its air supremacy. dead or wounded, Al-Masirah added, a report that The statement released by the official Saudi Press Continued on Page 24 Chamber,” the club said. Defiant Man City “The... flawed and consis- tently leaked UEFA process he (the UEFA chief investiga- to fight ‘flawed’ tor) oversaw has meant that there was little doubt in the European ban result that he would deliv- er...Simply put, this is a case initiated by UEFA, prosecut- NYON, Switzerland: Manchester City have been ed by UEFA and judged by UEFA. With this prejudicial banned from European competitions for the next two process now over, the club will pursue an impartial seasons for “serious financial fair-play breaches”, UEFA judgment as quickly as possible” at CAS. announced on Friday, with the verdict immediately con- Guardiola’s City face Real Madrid in this season’s tested by Pep Guardiola’s English champions. City, who Champions League last 16. Announcing the ban a UEFA were also fined €30 million ($32.5 million), announced statement declared: “The Adjudicatory Chamber has they were appealing the suspension to the Court of imposed disciplinary measures on Manchester City Arbitration for Sport (CAS) “at the earliest opportunity”. Football Club directing that it shall be excluded from “Manchester City is disappointed but not surprised by today’s announcement by the UEFA Adjudicatory Continued on Page 24 ians have been killed while 800,000 Syrians have been Erdogan, Trump forced to leave their homes to flee the offensive since December, according to the United Nations. Turkey has 12 observation posts in Idlib as part of the 2018 Ankara- discuss ways to Moscow agreement made in southern city of Sochi. Erdogan threatened to attack Damascus if regime end crisis in Idlib forces did not go back behind the borders of the Sochi deal by the end of Feb after 14 Turks were killed by ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Syrian regime shelling in Idlib this month. Relations yesterday discussed with US counterpart Donald Trump between Turkey and the United States have been ways to end the crisis in Idlib, Syria’s last major rebel strained over multiple issues including Syria but it bastion, and condemned Damascus’ attacks there, the appears the Americans are trying to capitalise on the Turkish presidency said. “Stressing that the regime’s tensions over Idlib between Ankara and Moscow. most recent attacks are unacceptable, the president and US special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey came to Trump exchanged views on ways to end the crisis in Ankara earlier this week, and voiced Washington’s support Idlib without further delay,” the presidency said in a for Ankara’s “legitimate” interests in Syria and in Idlib. But statement after the two leaders spoke on the phone. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu earlier yester- The situation in Syria has become more tense as day insisted that Turkey-Russia relations “shouldn’t” be Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad intensifies his assault affected by differences of opinion over Syria. on Idlib backed by Moscow air power. Hundreds of civil- Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Sunday, February 16, 2020 Adan Hospital nuclear medicine unit: Gradual progress in service, medical research development Kuwait Times interviews Head of Nuclear Medicine Department at MoH By Ben Garcia 5,248 patients at Adan - half of them Kuwaitis. We are second after KCCC in KUWAIT: Nuclear and molecular imaging terms of the number of patients. In other and related sciences are key components of The nuclear medicine facility at Adan areas, 70 percent of the patients are Kuwait’s nation building since the 1970s, expats. Also, male patients are always providing fundamental insights in the health Hospital is one of eleven in Kuwait. Its more than female patients. Our services and wellbeing of individuals. Kuwait has a mission statement is to be a nationally here are 100 percent supported by the vision to improve the level of nuclear medi- government. cine and molecular imaging services up to recognized center of excellence, matching KT: How is the training and develop- international standards, as well as be locally the international standard with the aim ment in your department? acknowledged with the aim of improving Al-Shammeri: We have a very good patients’ health within Kuwait, where over of further improving the health of lineup of staff, and I can say we are almost 1.3 million are covered with the service. 70 percent Kuwaiti. Kuwaitization is real Adan Hospital nuclear medicine has gone Kuwait’s patients in our department and I am happy that the through remarkable changes and continu- Dr Iman Al-Shammeri Dr Aisha Al-Qattan staff is satisfied. We have programs for ous modernization since the health ministry continuous learning and training for the took over it from a private administration in local conferences and workshops such as a Kuwait’s patients. Kuwait Times spoke to Radiation penetrates the body to create doctors, technologists, nurses and physi- 2015, and currently has five of the latest CT-scan workshop, thyroid workshop, the Dr Iman Al-Shammeri, Head of the images, but at our nuclear department, the cists. gamma CT-scan cameras, a positron imag- nuclear medicine week, holding several lec- Nuclear Medicine Department at the source of radiation is the patient them- KT: Kuwaitis normally go abroad seek- ing device associated with CT-scan for tures and practical training for specialized Ministry of Health. selves. We inject the patient with radiation ing medical treatment - can a facility like molecular imaging, an integrated radiology doctors registered with the Kuwait Institute Kuwait Times: What are the services or it can be taken orally, and the person this lessen the burden? pharmacy, thyroid clinic, thyroid activity for Medical Specialties (KIMS) in collabo- and facilities you provide to your patients starts radiating and will be detected with Al-Shammeri: Our facilities are com- meter and a carbon-14 device for stomach ration with the devices’ manufacturing at the nuclear medicine department? the gamma camera.