Новости за 16.11.2019

5,000 bariatric surgeries conducted annually in Kuwait KUWAIT: Health Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Allied Medical Services Affairs Dr Fawaz Al-Rifae said the long-term plan the health ministry started a long time ago to qualify Kuwaitis of both genders resulted in qualifying a large number of doctors, whether from Kuwait University’s medical college or from abroad. […]

KUWAIT: Farwaniya municipality cleaning manager Saad Al-Khrainej said an intensive plan had been set to merge all shift teams in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh from Nov 5. He added that due to the area’s special circumstances, garbage collection vehicles operating in Jleeb will work from 8 am till 2 pm. Environmental auditing Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel […]

KUWAIT: Recent security statistics showed morphine was responsible for the majority of drug overdose-related deaths in Kuwait, killing around 30 citizens. The study also showed that abusing benzodiazepine sedatives was the next leading cause of death, amphetamines third, methamphetamines forth and hashish fifth. Statistics also showed that overdoses had killed 75 citizens and expats of […]

Last month, His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated the last session of the current National Assembly, which was elected in 2016. But the Kuwaiti political scene in recent weeks has witnessed several movements by different parliamentary and popular groups – silent public protests, parliamentary grillings and consultations between political […]

Man died in Farwaniya park of natural causes KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man was killed while nine others including an Asian national were injured in a collision reported yesterday on Wafra road. The injured are aged between 12 to 17. An investigation was opened to reveal the circumstances behind the accident. Meanwhile, a collision of bicycles […]

KUWAIT: A 3.4-magnitude quake jolted the northern Rawdatain area at 9:19 pm on Friday, the national seismological network, an affiliate of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), reported. The epicenter of the quake was three kilometers underground, the network’s supervisor Abdullah Al-Enzi said. “Some residents felt the quake in Abdaly; it was followed by aftershocks […]

KUWAIT: A new world record for the world’s ‘largest gardening lesson’ was set at Shaheed Park yesterday during an event hosted by HGTV and beIN. The event showed the great interest of the local community in gardening and planting. Despite long queues, participants waited patiently for over an hour to get to the area prepared […]

KUWAIT: Sheikh Jaber Causeway during sunset. — Photo by Sijo Elanji (KUNA)