Doha: The Ministry of Interior signed an agreement with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) to provide the framework of cooperation in implementing an optional course in forensic medicine. The course will be provided in cooperation with the Forensic Medicine Center at the Ministry of Interior.
The agreement was signed by Assistant Director of Public Security Maj. Gen. Abdullah Mohammed Al Suwaidi and Dean of WCM-Q Dr Javaid Sheikh.
Maj. Gen. Al Suwaidi said that the agreement between the WCM-Q and the Forensic Medicine Center will contribute to the participation of faculty members at the College with the forensic team at the Center to provide educational curricula and training in forensic medicine.
He explained that forensic medicine is one of the main pillars of achieving justice, uncovering crime, decoding its ambiguity and helping the judiciary, prosecution and investigation officers to reach the perpetrator
For his part, Dr Javaid Sheikh welcomed the cooperation agreement, and considered it an opportunity for students of the College of Medicine to train in forensic medicine at the center of the Ministry of Interior and benefit from the expertise of the doctors working in the center and also learn about the work they do.
Director of Planning and Quality Department of the Ministry of Interior Brigadier Abdulrahman Majid Al Sulaiti said under the agreement, students of WCM-Q, who are registered in the subject, will receive appropriate training from faculty members in addition to an integrated team of forensic doctors at the Ministry of Interior's Forensic Medicine Center, noting that the Ministry had previously carried out similar cooperation between the Center and the College of Medicine at Qatar University.
Brigadier Al Sulaiti stressed that the Ministry is constantly working on cooperation with academic bodies, research centers and civil society institutions in the country to achieve the public good, security and stability.
