DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) India will play Pakistan in the opening Group 2 match at the International Cricket Council’s Twenty20 World Cup in October, a day after Australia takes on South Africa and the West Indies meet England in the first games of the Super 12 stage.
Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah), the nation’s solid waste management entity, says it will oversee the roll-out of at least 25 reverse vending machines (RVMs) at key locations across Muscat Governorate this year – part of a pilot to weigh the feasibility of a broader deployment.In all, 50 such machines are planned for installation.
The number of patients suffering from chronic renal failure in the Sultanate has reached 2,500, including more than 600 patients in the Governorate of Muscat.To meet the increasing number of patients, the dialysis centers have witnessed a qualitative and quantitative expansion with the establishment of 373 beds distributed across 24 centers in all.
With surge in virus, Oman faces shortage of hospital beds
By ISABEL DEBREJune 14, 2021 GMT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Coronavirus infections are surging in the Gulf Arab state of Oman, where health officials warned Monday that hospitals now face an acute shortage of beds amid a lagging vaccine rollout, the spread of highly transmissible variants and relaxed movement restrictions.
The influx of severe infections has forced overwhelmed hospitals nationwide to turn away patients, local media reported. The main COVID-19 field hospital in Muscat, the capital, surpassed 90% occupancy and its intensive care beds are now completely full, said the state-run Omani News Agency. Many smaller hospitals across the country also said they were operating beyond capacity.