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MoH strategy to make healthcare world class
MoH strategy to make healthcare world class Staff Reporter / 26 December 2013 The strategy has been developed in response to emerging challenges and progresses achieved in the health sector worldwide. The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday unveiled the blueprint of its 2014-2016 strategy to make the nation’s healthcare system on par with international standards of quality assurance. The strategy has been developed in response to emerging challenges and progresses achieved in the health sector worldwide. “The ministry gives top priority to the health sector for both locals and residents,” Minister of Health Abdul Rahman Al Owais said at the launch of the initiative in Abu Dhabi. As it seeks to enhance the aspirations of the UAE’s federal government and people, the ministry has to make its establishments and facilities in tune with international standards of quality assurance and progress of services, he added. Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services, gave a brief presentation about the strategy. “The ministry’s objectives aim for enhancing and strengthening its health policies, regulations and governance guidance at the federal level. “We also aim at developing and improving the MoH infrastructural facilities and healthcare safety system to counter health hazards, promoting public healthcare standards and raising public healthcare awareness among the community,” he explained. “Plans are being put in place to ensure provision of comprehensive healthcare services, supporting and applying scientific research and healthcare studies, ensuring provision of central administrative services and improving auxiliary support healthcare services,” Al Ketbi added. news@khaleejtimes.com Continue reading
Several wounded in Cairo bomb attack on bus: security
Several wounded in Cairo bomb attack on bus: security (AFP) / 26 December 2013 A bomb was placed or hurled onto a bus in Cairo. Investigators check a damaged bus after a bomb blast near the Al-Azhar University campus in Cairo’s Nasr City district on December 26, 2013. – Reuters A bomb went off near a public transport bus in the Egyptian capital on Thursday, injuring five people, security officials and a medic said. Security officials said the improvised bomb had been placed next to a bus in the north Cairo neighbourhood of Nasr City and police defused another bomb nearby. The victims received mild to moderate injuries, a health ministry official said. The interior ministry said the bomb had been planted in a grassy area at the intersection of two busy streets in Nasr City. Militants have killed scores of policemen and soldiers in attacks since the military’s overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi in July. The bombing comes two days after a suicide car bomber killed 15 people, mostly policemen, in an attack on their headquarters in a Nile Delta city. On Wednesday, the military-installed government declared Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement a terrorist group, and blamed it for the police headquarters bombing although a Al Qaeda-inspired group in the Sinai peninsula said it was responsible. The Brotherhood, which organises near daily protests demanding Mursi’s reinstatement, insists it is peaceful and has condemned militant attacks. The bombing in Cairo appears to be the first against civilian targets, although it could have exploded prematurely. A suicide bomber had set off a car bomb in September in the same neighbourhood in an attempt to assassinate interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim as his convoy passed by. The minister survived but a bystander was killed in the explosion. Continue reading
Crackdown on illegal structures launched
Crackdown on illegal structures launched Nissar Hoath / 3 October 2013 The Municipality of Abu Dhabi has launched a new campaign to do away with makeshift structures that create unhygienic living conditions for people in the city and its suburbs. The campaign is aimed at bringing an end to appurtenances made to residential villas and apartments as well as commercial buildings in the Capital, without permission, which do not comply with decent living conditions. “For any modification of an accommodation unit there is a legal procedure…people must get the prior permission from the authorities concerned…These acts without permission are illegal,” said Owaida Al Qubaisi, Acting Executive Director of Municipal Services Sector at the Municipality. Launched by the Municipality in collaboration with the General Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police in mid-September at Baniyas, Wathba, Shamkha and Shawamekh, the campaign has covered about 4,000 quarters, with 645 warnings issued so far. Al Qubaisi further explained: “The campaign also highlights the importance of adhering to the prescribed health stipulations and laws governing such activities, and guaranteeing a specific work mechanism based on the powers granted to the inspection teams, as well as the laws and regulations governing these procedures. “As per the law, the offenders will be issued an initial written warning with a grace period to remove the offence”, he said. Al Qubaisi said the objective of staging these campaigns is to enhance the compliance with the provisions of Law No (1) for 2011 regulating the occupancy of residential units in the Abu Dhabi Emirate along with its Executive Regulation. In cooperation with the bodies concerned, the Municipality is continuing these campaigns and the enforcement of judicial rulings issued in respect of villas and buildings in breach of the building code throughout Abu Dhabi and is taking appropriate measures including the demolition and removal of offences. With high demand for properties, but short supplies, Abu Dhabi City is now one of the most expensive cities with a huge number of low-income workers who cannot afford to own apartments, thus are forced to go for sharing accommodation units that are set up illegally. Taking advantage of the situation, many unscrupulous people hunt for old buildings, take them on annual contract and turn them into big colonies for low-income bachelors. “A decent apartment of two bedrooms is available for families from Dh50,000 to Dh70,000 a year. But the same apartment in an old building is worth from Dh100,000 to Dh200,000,” said a Pakistani male bachelor, identifying himself as Musa, who shares a room with six others. He said he pays Dh1,000 a month for his bed-space. “In our two bedroom plus hall apartment, we are 22 people. The building is very old with the elevator out of action most of the time. This is the cheapest place we could afford in Abu Dhabi City. We cannot go and live in the outskirts of the city as we work here in the city,” he added. Similar grievances were expressed by a female bachelor from Philippines, who said she lives in a single bedroom plus hall apartment with 18 other female co-workers. “The apartment is provided by our company and has been partitioned to help accommodate us all. We have one bathroom a kitchen and find it very difficult to manage,” said the woman, identifying herself as Maria. nissar@khaleejtimes.com Continue reading
