Council members call for calorie counts on fast food menus
Council members call for calorie counts on fast food menus As a measure to combat rampant obesity and diabetes in Qatar, members of the Central Municipal Council are calling for…
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Gulf Times: A prevalence of ‘severely underweight’ kids in Qatar
Gulf Times: A prevalence of ‘severely underweight’ kids in Qatar In contrast to the seemingly popular idea that there is no shortage of fat kids here, dietitians at Hamad Hospital have told…
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1,200 kids treated at emergency centre during dust storm
1,200 kids treated at emergency centre during dust storm The Pediatric Emergency Center in Al Sadd has seen hundreds of urgent cases coming in over the last 24 hours due…
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Attack on HMC doctor raises tough questions about race relations, hospital care in Qatar
Last month, an Indian doctor at Hamad Hospital was attacked by a patient’s relatives, putting him in the ICU with five cracked ribs. Frightened and incensed, Hamad’s Emergency Room staff…
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Meat section of Carrefour at Landmark closed for health violations
The Doha Municipality has ordered the meat section of Carrefour at Landmark Mall closed for health and hygiene regulations, a customer service representative has confirmed to Doha News. She added that…
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GCC to roll out new graphic warnings on tobacco products
In an effort to discourage smoking across the region, a GCC-wide ban on tobacco products that don’t contain new graphic warnings will take effect on Thursday, media reports state. Qatar…
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Health screening in home countries now a must for some expats
Health screening in home countries now a must for some expats Arabian Business reports: People seeking to move to Qatar will be forced to undergo screening for infectious diseases in…
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Report: At $3bn, Qatar becomes region’s top healthcare spender in 2011
Qatar spent nearly $2,000 per person on healthcare in 2011 for a total of $3.2 billion, making it the region’s highest per capita spender on the sector, new data shows.…
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Qatar ranks 20th safest place in the world for a child to get sick
Non-governmental organization Save the Children has released a new index ranking the best and worst countries for a child to fall sick in. Of the 161 nations listed in the…
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