The largest Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the GCC countries, the 111-cot NICU at Hamad Medical Corporation’s Women’s Hospital continues to save the lives of hundreds of high-risk or critically ill newborns in Qatar.

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute(QBRI), one of the three research institutes under Hamad Bin Khalifa University, has initiated a number of pioneering studies in the field of neurological disabilities, Gulf Times has learnt.

The first camera that professional photographer Mohamed al-Hasel al-Yafei used in 1986 was a Yashica. After exposing thousands of rolls of film and owning around 10 other cameras the long-time Doha resident is showcasing more than 60 of his works in an exhibition entitled ‘Msyan Doha’.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at his Emiri Diwan office yesterday with Japan’s ambassador to Qatar Shingo Tsuda, who called on the Emir to greet him on the occasion of the end of his tenure in Qatar.

HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate for the director general post at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), met yesterday with Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki.

Qatar participated in the 20th meeting for GCC ministers in charge of municipality affairs, which took place at the headquarters of the GCC general secretariat in Riyadh.

An effective ambulance service constitutes much more than an immediate response to eventualities such as road accidents and a patient transportation system, according to a senior official of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Ambulance Service.

LuLu Group has launched the ‘Digi Deals’ promotion, which offers ‘heavy discounts’ on all leading brands of IT & electronics products and mobiles.

Ooredoo has partnered with KidzMondo Doha on a new interactive learning experience for children when the indoor ‘edutainment’ theme park opens at the end of this year.

Professor Dame Sally Davies, England’s chief medical officer, will be the second keynote speaker for the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 2016, taking place in Doha on November 29 and 30.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday met at his Emiri Diwan office Benin’s outgoing ambassador Hassan Musa Limamao.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has received a written message from Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, dealing with bilateral relations.