MoI gets psychiatrics list:
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The Kuwait Center for Mental Health has submitted to the Ministry of Interior a list of people who are suffering from psychiatric problems and are not ‘eligible’ to drive cars on public roads in the foreseeable future, reports AlAnba daily quoting sources from the Ministry of Health.
The sources added, this is a preventive measure which bars the ministry from issuing driving licences to people suffering from this malady. It also gives right to the concerned authority to withdraw the driving licences from those who drive on roads.
The sources disclosed a meeting is slated to be held between the Center and the traffic sector to put in place mechanism to prevent the issuance of driving licences for people suffering from mental illnesses. the deficit is expected to be about KD 6 billion.
‘GCC must boost airports security’:
GCC countries should enhance security and safety in airports in order to provide protection for its passengers, border security official said Monday.
This remark was made by Acting Assistant Undersecretary at the Interior Ministry’s border security Lieutenant Faisal Mubarak Al-Sineen at the 30th meeting of the GCC airports’ officials.
Airports’ security and safety should be built on GCC joint action vision in protecting its citizens from any security threats and on the results of filed visits that were made by GCC officials to major international airports.
Officials at the meeting pointed out that security challenges in the region is accelerating, especially those that threaten aviation systems; hence, it is importance to promote security cooperation among the GCC countries in this field. (KUNA)
GCC panel ends meeting:
The Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) healthcare quality and patients’ safety commission concluded its two-days meeting Monday.
The two-day meeting highlighted subjects related to the general framework of the Gulf Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Strategic Plan 2016-2020, and followed up on the last strategic plan and implementation.
Moreover, the meeting discussed the establishment of unified standards to improve private medical sector’s performance within the national health system, through updating and developing the surveillance, supervisory, and auditing tools and mechanisms that comply with the national and international requirements. (KUNA)