Like I said plenty in Qatar that needs improvement...I'm in no way suggesting that there isn't.
But it is worth pointing out that these kind of problems are not peculiar to Qatar...they are worldwide. Buses and bus stops for example... in the UK people wait at bus stops in hailstorms, in thunder and lightning conditions, torrential downpours and get a right soaking and they've had a public bus service there for what over fifty years. Where are the heated, cosy bus shelters one might ask? There are hundreds of thousands of bus stops in the UK with no bus shelters. And bus stations. Someone once advised me if I should arrive at a bus station in Europe to close my eyes and run 300m before opening them as they are so awful. And the lovely bus station in Katmandu...it doesn't take you long on a bus in Nepal to know that you are risking your life on a jam packed old rickety bus that's literally falling to bits. This is what Nepalis have to put up with in Nepal. I know this from personal experience. Went round Nepal on an anti child labour mission on these kinds of buses and it was a complete nightmare. And forget about any air conditioning. Qatar buses despite having no luggage rack are regularly full of passengers. Admittedly luggage racks would be helpful. I spoke to a British lady who said that she goes on the buses in Doha all the time and thinks its the best bus service she's ever used! I'm not suggesting it is but that is what she told me!
Scorpio, that is awful if it is true about treating injured based on nationality. On my return to Qatar I will investigate this with HMC. Things will only change if it is unacceptable to the genreal public. As well as writing on this forum people need to complain to the relevant authorities. For those scared they will lose their jobs others who feel strongly about it should do it for them. Child labour in the UK was abolished because of public protest. As was apartheid in the US. It's a sad old world when you look at some of the problems in it.
Jack, about not having a Qatari ID. There are thousands of people here classed as bidoons meaning without a passport. They have crossed the border illegally. However they are not refused free education for their children or healthcare. One of the saddest things I've seen are people dying literally on the doorsteps of hospitals in India because they could not afford treatment or were sidelined by hospital authorities because of their status in society.
Like I said plenty in Qatar that needs improvement...I'm in no way suggesting that there isn't.
But it is worth pointing out that these kind of problems are not peculiar to Qatar...they are worldwide. Buses and bus stops for example... in the UK people wait at bus stops in hailstorms, in thunder and lightning conditions, torrential downpours and get a right soaking and they've had a public bus service there for what over fifty years. Where are the heated, cosy bus shelters one might ask? There are hundreds of thousands of bus stops in the UK with no bus shelters. And bus stations. Someone once advised me if I should arrive at a bus station in Europe to close my eyes and run 300m before opening them as they are so awful. And the lovely bus station in Katmandu...it doesn't take you long on a bus in Nepal to know that you are risking your life on a jam packed old rickety bus that's literally falling to bits. This is what Nepalis have to put up with in Nepal. I know this from personal experience. Went round Nepal on an anti child labour mission on these kinds of buses and it was a complete nightmare. And forget about any air conditioning. Qatar buses despite having no luggage rack are regularly full of passengers. Admittedly luggage racks would be helpful. I spoke to a British lady who said that she goes on the buses in Doha all the time and thinks its the best bus service she's ever used! I'm not suggesting it is but that is what she told me!
Scorpio, that is awful if it is true about treating injured based on nationality. On my return to Qatar I will investigate this with HMC. Things will only change if it is unacceptable to the genreal public. As well as writing on this forum people need to complain to the relevant authorities. For those scared they will lose their jobs others who feel strongly about it should do it for them. Child labour in the UK was abolished because of public protest. As was apartheid in the US. It's a sad old world when you look at some of the problems in it.
Jack, about not having a Qatari ID. There are thousands of people here classed as bidoons meaning without a passport. They have crossed the border illegally. However they are not refused free education for their children or healthcare. One of the saddest things I've seen are people dying literally on the doorsteps of hospitals in India because they could not afford treatment or were sidelined by hospital authorities because of their status in society.