HE the Minister of State for Defence Affairs Major General Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah received a message from UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum inviting him to attend the INDEX exhibition 2015. The message was handed by the UAE Ambassador to Qatar, Saleh Mohammed al-Ameri when the Minister of State for Defence Affairs met him in Doha yesterday.
Separately, HE al-Attiyah also met the CEO of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier and his accompanying delegation and Managing Director of MBDA Italia, Antonio Perfetti. Talks during the meeting dealt with matters of common interest.
The two meetings were attended by senior armed forces officers.
Advisory Council Speaker meets Moroccan official
HE the Speaker of Advisory Council Mohamed bin Mubarak al-Khulaifi met the Speaker of Morocco’s Lower House of Parliament Rachid Talibi Alami and his accompanying delegation on the occasion of their visit to the country.
They discussed the existing parliamentary relations between Qatar and Moroco and ways to develop them further.
The meeting was attended by HE the Deputy Speaker of the Advisory Council Issa bin Rabia al-Kuwari, HE the Secretary-General of the Advisory Council Fahad bin Mubarak al-Khayareen along with Ambassador of Morocco to Qatar Al-Makki Kwan.
Assistant FM meets Algerian ministers
HE the Assistant Foreign Minister for International Co-operation Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani held separate meetings with Algerian Minister of Industry and Mines Abdesalam Bouchouareb and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Abdelouahab Nouri in Algiers yesterday.
Qatar’s Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz al-Sahlawi attended the two meetings.
HE Assistant Foreign Minister for International Co-operation Affairs arrived in Algeria on Saturday on a two-day visit, leading a delegation with representatives from oil, mining and investment sectors.
The visit is aimed at following up on what was agreed upon during the 5th meeting of the Qatari-Algerian supreme committee co-chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani and the Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelmalek Sellal.
Verdict 15 Feb 2015
The Criminal Court has awarded a suspended jail term and a fine of QR460,000 to a doctor in Al Khor Hospital for medical neglect that resulted in the sexual disability of a patient and the need to undergo a colostomy (surgery to provide an alternative channel for faeces to leave the body), local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday.
The incident dates back to mid March 2009 when the male patient reported to the hospital with high temperature and pain in the rectum. The doctor in question erroneously believed it was a case of a wound in the rectum. The accused did not refer the patient to the surgery consultant and delayed medication for six days.The patient was later diagnosed with an infection of flesh-eating bacteria. Several surgeries followed during the course of the next five years, including removal of the right testicle and colostomy, the daily added.
Media awareness symposium held
Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science recently organised an educational symposium themed ‘Media awareness and national affiliation’, in co-operation with Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF). Speaking at the opening session of the symposium, Dr Hamda Hassan al-Sulaiti, secretary-general of the National Committee for Education, Culture and Science said the era of so-called connectivity and information revolution should encourage everyone to keep up with these rapid developments “through our mechanisms, multimedia and information technology”. Hamda added that “we must also prepare and qualify our cadres and activate all forms of media co-operation, coordination and information with our sisterly states, Arab and international organisations so we can deal with realities and to develop as a knowledge society and information industry”.
The organisation of the symposium is part of the commission’s efforts to qualify, educate and upgrade Qatari citizens’ skills to deal with the flow of information that is being generated by the media round the clock and provide an opportunity for students to participate in various outreach activities, Hamda added.
