DOHA: Work on a new national laboratory in Mesaimeer will be completed by the end of this year, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) said yesterday.
The laboratory will conduct specialised tests for food safety and to check the quality and safety of medicines being imported to the country. It will also conduct tests related to environmental protection and disease outbreaks and supervise disease prevention campaigns.
The project will be built in Mesaimeer covering an area of approximately 15,000 sqm (excluding the basement), Ashghal said in a presentation on projects it is implementing in the west of Qatar.
Eleven schools are currently under construction in the areas of Al Oteiqa, Al Wajba, Al Karaana, Umm al Sanim, and Al Sheehaniya. Construction works on these schools commenced in the first quarter of this year and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2016.
There are also two schools and kindergartens in the design phase in the areas of Al Meerad and Rawdat Rashed, and six schools in the tender phase in the areas of Rawdat Al Burj and Al Meerad.
Five new health centers are also being built in this area. They all provide main medical sections and specialised clinics, dentistry, emergency, radiology, pharmacies and labs.
Al Karaana Health Centre , located west of Al Karaana, comprises a ground level and service buildings. The building area is about 2,800 sqm. The project is expected to be completed this year.
Al Waab Health Centre, located in Al Waab area comprises a two level basement car park, a ground floor and a first floor as well as service buildings.. The project is expected to be completed in 2016.
Ain Khaled Health Centre, Al Wajba Health Centre and Muaither Health Care Centreare also expected to be completed in 2016. Bani Hajer Health Centre located in Al Rayyan area is part of a new series of health care centres launched by the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) which incorporates Urgent Care as a core service. The project is expected to be completed this year.
Twelve mosques are currently under construction in the areas of Muaither, Rawdat Egdeim, Al Aziziya, Al Sheehaniya, Industrial Area, Al Meerad, Umm Sanim, Hazm Al Markhiya, Al Wajba, and Al Waab. Nine of them are expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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