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Five-year-old boy declared brain dead after falling into open manhole

The family of a five-year-old boy is looking for answers and imploring Qatar’s government to increase safety measures after their son fell into an open sewage maintenance hole in Abu Hamour.…

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Report: Father of child killed after manhole accident testifies in court

The father of a child who died after falling into an 8-meter (26-foot) hole outside of an Al Sadd hotel last year has testified in court about what happened, Al…

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Qatar to tackle traffic jams through new monitoring system

Some 33 intersections in Qatar have been outfitted with surveillance cameras to monitor and improve the flow of traffic, with another 15 junctions set to be outfitted with the equipment…

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Questions over children’s safety raised after toddler dies in sewer

The shifting of blame over the death of a three-year-old Omani girl who fell through an open manhole into a sewer in Al Wakra last month is sparking questions over…

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Water safety back in spotlight after child drowns in Abu Hamour swimming pool

Water safety back in spotlight after child drowns in Abu Hamour swimming pool A six-year-old Indian boy reportedly drowned in a swimming pool in his Abu Hamour compound on Friday,…

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QSA: Qatar sees more traffic accidents in 2011 than ever before

Qatar saw a 15 percent increase in injuries resulting from road accidents last year, new Qatar Statistics Authority figures show. That’s almost double the number it saw in 2007, reflecting…

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Newspaper campaigns for greater transparency and coverage from car insurance companies

Peninsula is running two stories today focusing on Qatar’s car insurance industry, arguing that policies here are often unfair and unclear. Entitled Insured, Not Secure! and Agony of Motorists, they detail…

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Car accidents, stomach upsets keep HMC ER busy on second day of Eid

Despite a quiet Friday, the peace in Hamad Hospital’s emergency room was punctuated yesterday when at least three people died amid dozens of road accidents and hundreds of people turned up with…

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Rise in drownings among children focus of new ‘Kulluna’ safety campaign

As part of its awareness campaign to decrease the number of preventable deaths among children in Qatar, HMC is focusing on educating the community about water safety, officials have said.…

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