• Many visitors to Al Wakra health centre have complained about receptionists at the centre wasting time talking to each other even as a large number of people wait there to make enquiries.
• Some people have suggested fixing a date of expiry for the health card instead of the cardholders being informed by text messages, which people may forget or get confused about if they have many family members whose cards have to be renewed.
• There is talk about manpower recruiting agencies stopping recruitment of housemaids from some African countries because of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa.
• People have demanded that the authorities create lanes for pedestrians and cyclists on main roads to encourage walking and the use of bicycles.
• A number of Qatari women have demanded that the health authorities license women practising cupping therapy and monitor them because it is a popular traditional treatment here, especially among women.
• Some people have demanded that the authorities strictly monitor car rental firms and set up a hotline for complaints against them as many of them are not respecting rules and keeping customers’ passports with them. The customers may not get back their passports immediately if they need them.
• There is talk about the opening of F-Ring Road in mid-September.
• There are complaints about the plastic barriers put up on roads during maintenance or construction work. People say the barriers move and sometimes partly block lanes, confusing drivers and causing accidents.
