BUSINESS | 01 SPORT | 08 Commercial Li Qi stars, Bank plans $2bn double delight fresh issuance for Carey in Q3 in Doha Sunday 24 March 2019 | 17 Rajab 1440 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 24 | Number 7840 | 2 Riyals The big Ooredoo Your home internet will now be Supernet boost up to 5x faster for FREE! Terms & conditions apply PM opens Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare FAZEENA SALEEM Over 3,000 healthcare THE PENINSULA professionals are participating in the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin largest patient safety Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani conference in the opened the largest patient safety Middle East, being conference in the Middle East, held at the Qatar with the participation of over 3,000 healthcare professionals National Convention at the Qatar National Convention Center. Center (QNCC), yesterday. The seventh Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Center has became operational. Healthcare is being held under Additionally, in 2018 we opened the theme ‘Patient Safety First.’ four new health and wellness Over three days, including centers providing high-quality pre-conference sessions held on care to our patients much closer Friday, the Forum highlights the to where they live. This increase quality and safety aspects of the in capacity and advances in healthcare services that are pro- quality have transformed our vided to patients across Qatar. health system into a regional The event is being organised by leader that is comparable with Hamad Medical Corporation the world’s best,” she said. (HMC) in collaboration with the “We’re more proactive in the Institute for Healthcare early detection of treatable Improvement (IHI). disease than ever before. The Minister of Public Health, Primary Health Care Corporation H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al has screened more than 50,000 Kuwari, addressing the opening people for bowel and breast session said that the growth of cancer. A number of HMC Qatar’s healthcare system has services, such as cardiac care, the placed at the same level with the stroke program, and ambulance world’s best-performing health response times – are all consist- systems. ently exceeding international “Since we came together at best practice benchmarks. The last year’s Forum we have World Health Organisation has Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Minister of Public Health, H E Dr. Hanan opened Hazm Mebaireek ranked Qatar in the top 25 Mohamed Al Kuwari, with other dignitaries during the inauguration of Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare at Qatar General Hospital, Sidra Medicine percent of the world for access formally opened, and the Naufar and quality. `P2 National Convention Center, yesterday. MME signs deals to set US airlines to review 737 up 3,478 greenhouses MAX software THE PENINSULA Agricultural Consulting & Green- DOHA house, to supply and set up cool upgrade greenhouses equipped with The Ministry of Municipality and hydroponic system which will REUTERS Environment (MME) has signed be delivered to the farms CHICAGO/WASHINGTON three contracts with local through the MME. companies to establish 3,478 The total value of the project Teams from the three US cool and regular greenhouses in is over QR3.3m for one calendar airlines that own 737 MAX jets 1,197 local farms across the year, including the establishment were heading to Boeing Co’s country. of 100 cool greenhouse (hydro- factory in Renton, Washington, The MME, represented by ponics) to 50 targeted farms at a to review a software upgrade the Agricultural Affairs the rate of maximum two green- yesterday, even as Southwest Department, signed the con- houses per farm of Category A. Airlines Co began parking its 34 tracts for the supply and estab- Al Khulaifi signed the MAXs near the California desert. lishment of greenhouses of second contract with Dr Rashid The factory visits indicate regular, cool and hydroponics Ahmed Rashid Al Kuwari, CEO Boeing may be nearing com- with NAAAS Agricultural Con- of Horizon Agriculture Products pletion of a planned software sulting & Greenhouse and & Nursery, to supply and patch for its newest 737 following Horizon Agriculture Products & establish greenhouses. The total a Lion Air crash that killed 189 Speaker of Shura Council visits New Zealand mosque attack victims Nursery during 7th Qatar Inter- value of the project is over people in Indonesia last October, national Agricultural Exhibition QR3.6m for 2019. It includes the but the timing for a resumption Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani extended his and the Qatari people's condolences to the 2019 (AgriteQ). establishments of 1,666 cool of passenger flights on the jets families of the victims of the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Speaker The first contract was greenhouses for 342 targeted remains uncertain. of the Shura Council H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud conveyed the condolences, signed by Yousuf Khalid Al Khu- farms at the rate of five green- Boeing and the Federal Avi- during his visit to the city yesterday. During his visit to Al Noor mosque, H E the Speaker expressed laifi, Head of the Agricultural houses per Category A farm and ation Administration (FAA), condolences to a number of imams and sheikhs and called upon Allah Almighty to grant the victims Affairs Department, and Nasser four greenhouses to the Cat- which must approve the software mercy and peace. The Speaker also visited those injured in the terrorist attack in the hospital.` P2 Hassan Al Jaber, CEO of NAAAS egory B farm. `P2 fix and new training, are under US and global scrutiny since the MAX suffered a second deadly crash involving Ethiopian Air- lines in Addis Ababa on March Ministry of Education suspends afternoon shifts in schools 10, which led to a worldwide grounding of the fleet. SANAULLAH ATAULLAH Education and Higher Education, open in the coming years, it was I think it is not possible to allow schools returned the registration The FAA’s acting adminis- THE PENINSULA Dr Ibrahim Al Nuaimi told The not appropriate to start afternoon shift during forthcoming fees for admission for afternoon trator, Dan Elwell, told law- Peninsula. afternoon classes. academic year.” shifts. “I had registered my makers last week the agency The Ministry of Education and He said that new schools “We are going to wait to see Undersecretary of the Min- daughter in the MES Indian expected Boeing would com- Higher Education has tempo- would be able to accommodate how would the new schools istry of Education and Higher School for afternoon shift in grade plete the software upgrade as rarily suspended its plan to grant growing number of students that accommodate the extra students. Education said that as per the 1 but the registration fees has early as March 25, kicking off permission to some private would address need for If they are able to accommodate, plan, Indian schools had been been refunded,” said a parent. the approval process. Indian schools to run afternoon afternoon shifts. there will be no need to allow allowed to run afternoon shift. The Indian schools which It remained unclear shifts from the forthcoming “We had chalked out the plan afternoon classes,” said Al Nuaimi. “The issue of the shortage of received the go-ahead to start the whether the software upgrade, academic year 2019-20. to allow afternoon shift but have Replying on the issuance of school seats was mainly for second shift, posted on their called “design changes” by the “About five to six new Indian now suspended it temporarily till final decision from the Ministry on Indian schools and other schools social media accounts that they FAA, will resolve concerns that schools are set to open in the things become clear whether we afternoon classes, he said: “Let us such as Tunisian, Pakistani and had suspended the admission to result from the investigation coming years with the capacity really need these shifts or not,” see the capacity of new schools Philippine have enough seats,” afternoon shift and advised the into the Ethiopian Airlines of big number of seats,” Under- said Al Nuaimi. He said that since whether they could accommodate said Al Nuaimi. parents to wait for further crash, which killed all 157 on secretary of the Ministry of many Indian schools were set to growing number of students. But, According to parents, the instructions from the Ministry. board. 02 HOME SUNDAY 24 MARCH 2019 OFFICIAL NEWS Amir condoles with President of Ghana DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minis- ter and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent yesterday cables to Presi- dent Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana, to express his condolences on the victims of the colli- sion of two buses at Puno area north of Accra, wishing the injured a speedy recov- ery. QNA Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday opened the Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2019, held at Qatar National Convention Center under the theme “Patient Safety First”. Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari and other dignitaries Amir congratulates attended the event. President of Pakistan DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh PM opens Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Deputy Amir H H Sheikh FROM PAGE 1 Abdullah bin Hamad Al The dignitaries toured the World Innovation Summit for acknowledgement that patient accidents, and infections. Thani sent yesterday cables “The World Bank puts Qatar ‘Knowledge Zone’, the conference Health (WISH).