26_September [Archives:2007/1108/Press Review]

Thursday, November 29
Top Stories

– Ruling party lashes out at opposition MPs over boycotting budget discussions

– Government signs partnership agreement with Dubai companies to operate Aden Port of Containers

– Constitutional Amendments Constitution calls for more women representation at Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum

– Popular Movement to Defend Unity and Fight Corruption to be declared in Mukalla

– President Sale pledges YR 1 billion per annum for cancer treatment Centers

HE President Saleh attended a celebration organized by National Corporation for Fighting Cancer Infections (NCFCI) in Aden city while inaugurating a Hope Unit for Treating Cancer Cases under the slogan “Grant Us a Smile of Hope,” the weekly reported in a front page story.

Saleh expressed thanks for efforts of the National Corporation for Fighting Cancer Infections during the past four years. “I have given orders to set up a center of cancer tumors and allocated YR 100 million for operation of the cooperation annually, “he said. He also ordered the government to allocate YR 1 billion, pointing out to the reports that show around 20,000 cancer cases every year.

He asked by the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture to shoulder their responsibility to prevent dangerous insecticides as they are responsible for increasing cases of cancer diseases. Such insecticides are produced in Zionist factors and smuggled to Arab markets, he said. The leader said that doctors of the health ministry will organize a campaign to spread awareness on risks of these insecticides via various media outlets.

According to the weekly, Chairman of Trustees Council at the corporation Abdul-Wasa Hayel Saeed said he is very happy to attend the ceremony and his support for the corporation. He added that the corporation, in cooperation with health ministry and National Atomic Energy Commission, will set up a national center for cancer tumors in Al-Jamhoori Hospital in Sana'a and hope units in Hodeidah and Ibb governorates. He made clear that the works in establishing hope units in Hadramout and Taiz governorates would be finished soon. The corporation would pay further efforts to coordinate official and popular contributions to combat this disease, he said.
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