Premier to be patron of key UN conference
Suad Hamada (Bahrain Beat) / 1 June 2014
Shaikh Fawaz hailed the premier for extending his patronage and showing his support for the key conference.
The Minister of State for Telecommunications Affairs, Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, has announced that Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will be the chief patron of the 14th edition of the annual International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) taking place from June 3 to 5, at Manama’s Gulf Hotel Bahrain.
Around 700 leaders from the global regulatory community, industry bodies, officials and the private sector will convene at the event, which is being held under the theme of “maximising the potential of the digital world”.
GSR14 has been organised by the International Telecom Union. Shaikh Fawaz hailed the premier for extending his patronage and showing his support for the key conference.
“This annual gathering is a global event of great renown, so it gives me great pleasure to have the support of the premier as we welcome the world to our shores,” Shaikh Fawaz said.
“Bahrain has a state-of-the-art telecommunications and ICT infrastructure and also the facilities to host events such as GSR14 with ease.,” the minister added.
This affords us the opportunity to attract the world’s most influential TRAs to Bahrain. We can learn from them, and hopefully they can learn from us, adding that “It speaks volumes for the overall quality of our telecommunications industry that we are able to attract GSR14 to Bahrain. The speed of telecommunications and data is pivotal in shaping business on a worldwide scale, so to stay at the cutting edge is of vital importance.”
This symposium will help us do that, and also help other TRAs make positive progress as well. For these reasons, and many more, we are really looking forward to the event. We’re certain that the three days of GSR14 are going to prove to be exciting, challenging, insightful and productive for all.” added Shaikh Fawaz.
Need for comprehensive cancer treatment centre
A leading professor has called for setting up a specialised and comprehensive cancer treatment centre in Bahrain to fight all types of cancers, especially breast cancer. Bahrain currently lacks such facility which could increase the risk of more fatalities among such patients.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Dr Niall O’Higgins, said that according to international standard there should be one such centre for each every 30,000 people, hence as such Bahrain needs three centres that coordinate between them in all operations.
Patients, Dr Niall O’Higgins said, should go through all phases of diagnosis, deciding treatment plan, treatment and recovery at these centres.
He also stressed the importance of conducting primary tests for new patients on the first day of their admission for better survival rates.
The professor recommended that these centres should be established and managed by the public sector, in order for the facilities to be offered to all segments of society.
“About advancements in treatment of cancer, regional medical facilities have all ingredients in term of services for patients, but they need to put them together in a proper way to improve cancer treatment in this part of the world,” he explained.
About breast cancer he attributed fatality cases to the ignorance among women as some of them believe that nothing could be done so they seek treatment only in late stages.
‘Muharraq’ has a green gate
A vertical garden, which is the first of its kind in Middle East, was opened recently in Muharraq.
It is considered as the gate of the ancient city and part of the projects of the Shaikh Ibrahim Centre for Culture and Research to revive and preserve the heritage of Muharraq.
The green gate was designed by a French expert, in which he selected 200 plants that could survive and grow in desert climate.
Another feather in Bahrain’s cap
Bahrain has ranked second in the Arab world and 50th at the international level, among 178 countries, in the 15th Annual Issue of State of the World’s Mothers (SOWM)’s report, issued by the British Non-Governmental Organisation — “Save the Children”.
“Save the Children” is a non-profit organisation which has a number of offices and branches all over the world and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
In a statement to Bahrain News Agency (BNA), the head of Medical Services at Primary Care Dr Naeema Sabt said that Bahrain’s maternal and child health care has a long history dating back to the start of medical services in Bahrain.
Maternal and child health care aims at offering an integrated and preventive mechnisim to enhance the safety of the mother and the child through the pregnancy and after-birth stages.
Bahrain offers the best services in this regard, Dr Sabt said.
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