Doctor sacked, under probe for ‘stealing’ Tramadol pills

Don’t touch dead fish, beach-goers warned

KUWAIT CITY, April 16: The Kuwait Dive Team affiliated to the Environmental Voluntary Foundation has warned visitors to Kuwait Bay beaches especially children from touching dead (jam) fish because of very sharp thorns that can inflict severe pain, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

In a statement to KUNA, the team explained that the jam fish are seabed fish that are concentrated in heavy sticky soil areas and emerge when sea temperatures are average to high. They do not have shells or scales on their skins and their length vary between 10 cm to 90 cm.

It revealed that the emergence of these fish on the coast of Kuwait in abundance is normal even though they have come too early this time and in huge numbers.

The team urged fishermen to refrain from fishing these fish and to throw them into the sea. It called for concerned authorities to remove dead fish especially of this type as soon as possible in order to avoid the danger posed by them to the beach visitors, the bad smell that emanate from them, and the possibility of the dead fish being blown back into the sea by wind.

The team affirmed that the characteristics of the “jam fish” include its ability to withstand extreme changes in its environment from heat to salty, and they proliferate in spring between March and early June.

Doctor sacked: Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi has issued a decision to ‘sack’ an unidentified doctor working at the Chest Diseases Hospital for allegedly smuggling out of the hospital big quantities of Tramadol pills, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The daily added, the doctor carries an additional charge of opening files in the names of fake persons and smuggling out the pills thus causing losses to the Ministry worth thousands of dinars.

According to reliable sources, the ministry had formed a committee to follow up the case after the employees at the hospital found severe shortage of Tramadol.

The committee came to the conclusion that Tramadol is not given to heart patients but patients such as those suffering from cancer.

Until the enquiry was completed the doctor was suspended for three months and after he was found guilty, he was referred to the Public Prosecution.

Drug peddler held: The Farwaniya police have arrested an unidentified Egyptian for possession of number of drug pills, reports Annahar daily.

The suspect, who is believed to be in his 30s, was caught in Khaitan. He reportedly tried in vain to escape but he was chased and arrested.

During interrogation, he told police he frequented cafés, to promote the drugs.

The suspect and the contraband have been referred to the General Department for Drugs Control.

‘Imam’ suspended: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs as a precautionary measure has suspended the services of an unidentified imam and barred him from speaking in public until investigations into allegations that he has violated the bylaws of the mosques are looked into by the Religious Functions Committee of the ministry, reports Al- Qabas daily.

A knowledgeable source said the ministry has recently tightened control over preachers particularly those who do not abide by the rules and regulations and this has led to about 80 percent curb in violations during the first quarter of the year.

In the meantime, the sources asserted the ministry has also tightened control over the maintenance of all mosques before the beginning of the month of Ramadan.

Suicide bid fails: A Kuwaiti woman sustained serious injuries and fractures when she jumped out of the balcony of her friend’s apartment in Shaab area in an attempt to commit suicide, reports Al-Rai daily.

When the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about the suicide attempt, securitymen and paramedics rushed to the location and found the woman in a pool of blood. They rushed her to Mubarak Hospital where she was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.

Preliminary investigations revealed that she is a Kuwaiti citizen and she was visiting her friend in his apartment. When securitymen questioned the tenant of the apartment, he explained that she had visited him to complain about her marital problems. During the conversation, she became deeply distressed and jumped out of the balcony.

A case of suicide attempt was filed against the Kuwaiti woman and referred to the Public Prosecution.