KSC to supply trainees with advanced equipment
Chairman of the Board of Directors at Kuwait Scientific Club Talal Jassem Al-Khorafi stressed the club’s keenness to supply trainees with the most advanced equipment and exert the utmost effort to produce generations of divers.
This was part of a press statement
Photo from the event
The Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Affairs Dr Buthaina AlMudhaf told Al-Qabas that the campaign aims to reduce the incidence of diseases and reduce the mortality rate and complications resulting from infectious winter diseases, especially among the groups most vulnerable to infection and complications, noting that the campaign will begin early October and end December 31, 2019. It also covers all health areas in the country, said the official, and pointed out that the campaign targets the most vulnerable groups of winter diseases, such as the elderly and those with chronic diseases and weak immunity and health workers. The winter diseases he referred to are seasonal flu, as well as disease such as bacterial pneumonia is caused by Staphylococcus aureus, which affects millions of people around the world and can lead to death.
Al-Mudhaf stressed that the vaccination is safe, as there are hundreds of millions around the world who have been vaccinated for years with little risk, pointing out that the side effects of vaccination are simple and disappear within days.
Al-Mudhaf stressed that the ministry has shown special attention to the importance of prevention and control of infectious diseases, especially respiratory diseases, which cause a huge burden on the health budgets of countries and cause large rates of complications and death, where nearly 500 thousand people die annually from the seasonal flu, and about 1.6 million as a result of pneumococcal pneumonia.
issued by Al-Khorafi at the sidelines of the visit of the Regional Director of Professional Association for Diving Instructors (PADI) for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Teo Brambilla.
The visit included the annual general assembly aimed at developing PADI. Al-Khorafi stressed great development has been witnessed in the field of diving over the years, expressing joy for holding the event at Kuwait Scientific Club in the presence of a large number of diving instructors and their assistants.
Dr Bashayer Al-Majid from the Faculty of Law- Kuwait University won the International Best Lecturer Award, and she will preside over Post Graduate Conferences at Sorbonne University and the Paris International Conference on Life Sciences.
Kuwait University President Professor Hussain Ahmad Al-Ansari received the recipient in his office and congratulated her for the global achievement, wishing her more successes and progress. Dr Al-Majid also expressed pride for being a member of the prestigious institution. She dedicated the achievement to the university and Faculty of Law.