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Doha Today

Media Scan February 26

Published: 25 Feb 2013 - 11:09 pm | Last Updated: 03 Feb 2022 - 01:58 pm

• Need to set up a mechanism for indentifying emergency cases that should get priority in check-up and treatment. 

• Call for the authorities concerned to pay attention to excavations on some internal roads and roundabouts in Al Wakra that lack streetlights.

• Talk about 60 to 70 percent of the students being absent on the first day of the second term in some high schools.

• Repeated demand for having Arabic speaking staff at the reception of Hamad hospital, as many patients cannot speak English. 

• Complaints from residents of Umm Salal Ali and Umm Salal Mohammed who are forced to use internal roads because of the closure of roads leading to Al Shamal highway. 

• Authorities urged to take strict action against Karwa taxi drivers who manipulate meters to overcharge passengers. 

• The authorities concerned requested to find ways to help young Qataris marry.

• Call for speeding up work on the Corniche, which is causing traffic jams.

• Residents of Al Wakra are finding it difficult to get parking space on the commercial road as it is occupied by heavy vehicles, trucks and workers’ buses.  

• Residents of Najma urge the authorities concerned to stop leakage of sewage, which is creating problems for people.