(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Cabinet which met yesterday with Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani in the chair approved a draft law regulating medical treatment abroad.
Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr. Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi stated that the Cabinet reviewed topics on its meeting's agenda. The Cabinet approved a draft law regulating medical treatment abroad.
The preparation of the draft law replaces the Amiri Decision No. 51 of 2012 on regulating medical treatment abroad to keep abreast of recent developments in the medical treatment system to facilitate the procedures for the treatment of Qatari patients abroad and provide them with the best services.
Under the provisions of the draft law, the State shall assume the medical treatment of the citizens abroad and shall bear the expenses of treatment and other costs in accordance with the provisions of this law and its executive regulations.
The medical treatment shall be decided by a decision from the relevant committee in cases if the appropriate treatment is not available in the State, in accordance with the rules and procedures specified in the regulation.
The Chairman praised the efforts maid by international rights organisations to expose the violations of the blockade countries, led by the report of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in addition to the resolutions of the International Criminal Court, International Civil Aviation Organization and the World Trade Organization which condemned the discriminatory measures of the blockade countries. Lastly, the decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which rejected two complaints by the UAE regarding discrimination against citizens holding Qatari nationality.
In response to the inquiries of the officials on the developments of the GCC crisis, he said the humanitarian crisis has escalated and there are no indications that the blockade countries are ready to stop the suffering of the citizens and residents of Qatar and Gulf countries, especially dispersed family victims, despite all the calls made by international human rights and humanitarian organizations to demand an end to the blockade which aggravated their suffering and deprived them the right to movement, treatment and the right to unite with their families, in addition to other basic rights mentioned in international human rights laws and covenants.
Dr. Al Marri discussed with Michelle Bachelet the establishment of a mechanism between NHRC, OHCHR and European Parliament to implement the recommendations of the first of its kind conference in the Middle East, stressing the readiness of NHRC to organise a future international conference, in cooperation with OHCHR, to support its efforts to promote and enhance human rights.
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