Conference on Syrian crisis
Qatar University’s College of Law (LAWC) in collaboration with the Qatar branch of the International Law Association will hold an international conference on “The Syrian Crisis and The International Law “on February 25-26.
The conference is organised by a group of LAWC professors. The objective is to discuss the means and tools of international law involved in the crisis, and in particular, international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
It is also an opportunity for LAWC students to meet with legal experts and benefit from their experiences and ideas with regard to current and emerging issues in the region such as the situation in Syria.
QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad will give the opening remarks and Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah will be keynote speaker.
The conference will bring together a group of academics, diplomats, activists and legal experts to discuss the issue and reflect on its implications for the entire region.
SCH names coding training programme vendor
The international classification of diseases coding training programme is now available in Qatar with the recent appointment of GlobeMed Coding School as training vendor by the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), it was announced yesterday.
The launch of the project came as a result of the SCH mandate requiring all healthcare providers in Qatar to adopt the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) and the Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI), Seventh Edition.
Coding according to the standards is a prerequisite to all existing providers and those that will be joining the newly established National Health Insurance Scheme, as part of the claims and data submission to the National Health Insurance Company (NHIC).
In order to achieve and maintain the required capacity and skills for ICD 10 AM coding, all providers must receive the standardised and SCH approved training.
“Establishing a coding training programme is a further step towards the improvement of the quality of coding and activity data capturing in the health sector which will not only improve the transparency of healthcare provision in Qatar but will also enable building performance and quality tools,” said Dr Faleh Mohamed Hussain Ali, assistant secretary general at SCH.
HMC to hold congenital heart disease awareness week
With the incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) on the rise in Qatar, HMC plans to observe a Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week to spread awareness about the disease.
“At HMC, six to eight babies out of 1,000 live births or 115-120 babies are diagnosed with congenital heart disease every year, and 90% or about 100 new patients every year require congenital heart surgery,” said Dr Ahmad Sallehuddin, paediatric cardiac surgery chief at HMC.
CHD refers to a range of birth defects that affect the normal workings of the heart.
It is the most common birth defect, with approximately 1mn babies with congenital heart disease born worldwide every year. Newborn babies with CHD are the most vulnerable to disease because of factors such as immature organ systems and poor immune defences.
No obvious cause of CHD is identified in most cases, but some conditions can increase the risk for congenital heart disease, such as Down’s syndrome (a genetic disorder that affects a baby’s normal physical development), certain infections (such as rubella) affecting the mother during pregnancy, and the mother having poorly controlled type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
QP gold sponsor of Dimdex ’14
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Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed an agreement to be a gold sponsor of Dimdex 2014 - the fourth Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition, held under the patronage of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. |
The event will take place at Qatar National Convention Centre from March 25 to 27. Brig Dr Thani A al-Kuwari, Assistant Minister of State for Defence Affairs for Financial Affairs and chairman of Dimdex, said: “We are pleased to sign the sponsorship agreement for Dimdex 2014 with Qatar Petroleum, the country’s largest and most prominent corporation. We value QP’s support to previous editions of Dimdex and look forward to working together to ensure that Dimdex 2014 is the largest and most successful edition of
the event yet.”
Abdulrahman Abdulla al-Obaidly, manager for public relations and communications at QP, said: “We are glad to once again extend our strong support to Dimdex and are confident that this year’s edition of the event will truly contribute to promoting innovation and continued development in the field of maritime defence.”
Over the years, Dimdex has established itself as a leading naval defence and maritime security exhibition that brings together senior representatives from the Qatar Armed Forces as well as VIP delegations from the Middle East and around the world.
The 2014 edition of the exhibition and conference is set to be the largest since the launch of the event in 2008.
Mother rescues child from manhole
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A Qatari lady rescued her 2-year-old daughter from drowning in a manhole in the house compound recently, local Arabic daily Al-Sharq has reported. |
“After several attempts, she succeeded in pulling her child out of the manhole. By that time the girl had been in the sewer line for a few minutes.”
According to the paper, the cause of the accident was the lack of observation of home safety measures. The child was playing in the courtyard with the housemaid while the manhole was not covered.
“When the maid was not watching her, she fell into the manhole. The maid tried to retrieve the child but she could not get her out. She rushed to inform the lady who was able to pull the child out after repeated attempts.”
The child was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state and she regained consciousness only after 8 hours in the hospital, the daily said.
The child is now in a stable condition, the report added.
New centres for prisoners, addicts
Dr Bakhita al-Dosari, director of the National Projects Office in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, has said the ministry is in the process of setting up three new centres for the benefit of prisoners and addicts, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported.
According to Dr al-Dosari, the new facilities comprise a rehabilitation centre, a vocational centre and a psychiatric medication centre. The three centres will work together for the benefit of the targeted categories, the report states.
Further, the official said there are other projects aimed at persons with disabilities and these are intended to provide for and develop a work environment for them. Also, the social protection section is working on the establishment of nine key projects, Dr al-Dosari has added in the report.
