</p>_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20<p>Qatar is mourning the tragic loss of 13 lives following the June 21 explosion and fire at the Barzan local gas supply facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City. </p><p> </p><p>The deceased were of Indian and Pakistani nationalities, while 66 others of Qatari, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Kenyan, Ghanaian, Tanzanian, Nigerian, and Nepalese nationalities sustained injuries. None of the injured are in life threatening condition, according to Minister of State for Energy Affairs His Excellency Saad bin Sherida al Kaabi. </p><p> </p><p>Speaking to the media Monday, al Kaabi, who is also president and CEO of QatarEnergy, extended condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those who lost their lives. </p><p> </p><p>Al-Kaabi said QatarEnergy extends its heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those who lost their lives, and prays for the swift recovery of those injured. QatarEnergy pledges its full support to those affected by this tragedy, he also said. </p><p> </p><p>The minister stressed that the incident was an operational accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature. He explained that the Barzan plant had been shut since December 2025 for urgent maintenance and was restarted only two days before the accident. </p><p> </p><p>“The fire was quickly and fully extinguished by QatarEnergy Emergency Response Team and Qatar Civil Defence,” he noted. </p><p> </p><p>Despite the tragedy, al Kaabi emphasised that QatarEnergy’s LNG facilities, Ras Laffan Port, and logistical operations remain unaffected. </p><p> </p><p>“We have ample supplies of gas to make up for the loss from different projects and different capabilities that we have. So we don’t see any shortage. It will not affect anything regarding exports. It will not affect anything regarding our local requirements,” he said. </p><p> </p><p>Clarifying damage assessment and repair timelines, al Kaabi differentiated the Barzan incident from the earlier attack on QatarEnergy’s LNG trains at Ras Laffan, which involved proprietary cryogenic units requiring “three to five years” to replace. </p><p> </p><p>“It’s a different gas plant and a different area of the plant that was damaged,” he explained, underscoring QatarEnergy’s commitment to transparency in announcing definitive timelines once investigations are complete. </p><p> </p><p>He also dismissed concerns about environmental impact, confirming that “there is no loss of containment and there’s no environmental impact.” </p><p> </p><p>In its official statement, QatarEnergy said work is underway to assess the damage to Barzan and neighbouring facilities. It reiterated that LNG facilities, Ras Laffan Port, other logistics operations, and export capabilities remain unaffected as a result of the explosion and fire.</p>__%20%20%20%20<p>Related%20Story</p>_%20%20%20%20_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20_%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20__%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20<img%20loading=?resize=150,150&ssl=1 "Doha Information mourns 13 lives misplaced in Ras Laffan blast")
In New Zealand, ambulance crews deal with about seven other people an afternoon who’re in cardiac arrest, that means their center is not pumping blood to necessary organs.
Unfortunately, fewer than one in 8 are prone to live to tell the tale.
However as our new learn about displays, extra lives might be stored if group responders have been supplied with transportable automatic exterior defibrillators (AEDs) to get remedy to sufferers quicker.
Neighborhood responders come with bystanders, however New Zealand additionally makes use of a smartphone app known as GoodSAM to alert volunteers who’re skilled in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and AED use.
GoodSAM responders obtain indicators about cardiac arrests close to their location, letting them supply help quicker, prior to emergency services and products arrive.
CPR and defibrillation are cornerstones of cardiac arrest remedy, and analysis displays previous defibrillation considerably improves survival.
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Our analysis displays that once GoodSAMs reply to an alert, the speed of life-saving defibrillation triples for cardiac arrests going on at domestic.
Neighborhood reaction
Mins topic in a cardiac arrest. The longer remedy is not on time, the better the possibility of everlasting damage or dying.
In New Zealand, an ambulance or hearth and emergency services and products automobile supplied with a defibrillator achieve a affected person in cardiac arrest on reasonable 8 mins after an emergency name. In rural spaces, the wait may also be considerably longer.
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On the other hand, the possibilities of surviving a cardiac arrest drop dramatically inside the first couple of minutes after cave in.
The newest information from New Zealand’s nationwide out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry display survival from a cardiac arrest greater than doubles when shocks are delivered prior to the coming of emergency services and products.
Static defibrillators mounted in a selected location are more and more to be had in maximum communities. However they’re hardly used prior to emergency crews arrive. Handiest 6% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest sufferers obtain defibrillation administered by way of a group responder in New Zealand.
Our learn about discovered the speed of group defibrillation varies, relying on whether or not an individual’s cardiac arrest happens in a public area or of their domestic.
Despite the fact that 72% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur at domestic, group responders used defibrillators in handiest 2% of those instances. Against this, 15% of cardiac arrest sufferers in public settings gained defibrillation from a member of the group.
Using defibrillators by way of a group member varies relying on whether or not an individual’s cardiac arrest occurs at domestic or in a public area.
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Obstacles to get admission to of static AEDs
Neighborhood defibrillation doesn’t simply rely on bystanders recognising the desire for an AED and having the arrogance to make use of it. Fast get admission to to a tool is significant.
AEDs are designed for use by way of someone, although they’ve gained very little coaching. However fetching and turning in a static AED to a home-based cardiac arrest affected person may also be not on time by way of a number of obstacles, together with:
ignorance of the closest AED location
distance to the tool or site visitors and parking difficulties
delays in gaining permission to take away the tool from the premises
loss of a coverage to stay the AED in a rescue-ready situation (with contemporary batteries and pads)
inaccessibility outdoor of industrial hours
and delays in acquiring the code to a locked AED cupboard.
Cellular AEDs are turning into extra simply to be had and may considerably fortify affected person survival.
A cellular community of defibrillators
The GoodSAM platform has been running in New Zealand since 2018 and engagement is expanding.
Our learn about displays a minimum of one GoodSAM volunteer authorized an alert for greater than 40% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, and responders are similarly as prone to attend to a affected person at domestic or in a public position.
However whilst they’re skilled to behave and prepared to turn up, maximum GoodSAM responders don’t elevate their very own AED. As a substitute, they face the similar demanding situations to AED get admission to as some other member of the general public, and should make a decision whether or not a detour to retrieve one will assist an individual in want or prolong different lifesaving care.
Mounted public AEDs play a very important and confirmed function in saving lives. They’re particularly efficient when positioned in sports activities amenities and different places the place massive numbers of other people accumulate. However world analysis displays they’re hardly utilized in residential spaces, even if they’re positioned close to the cope with.
Cellular AEDs carried by way of GoodSAM responders may conquer those barriers by way of extending protection into domestic settings.
AEDs are actually to be had in smaller, lighter and extra transportable designs that are compatible right into a backpack. An ordeal is these days underway to look if GoodSAM responders with ultra-portable AEDs can build up survival charges for sufferers in cardiac arrest.
Cellular defibrillators can have a fair better have an effect on in rural spaces the place ambulances have longer reaction instances. A small US learn about in a rural group when compared 15 AEDs assigned to group responders with 66 AEDs in mounted places. Over a 12-month duration, not one of the static AEDs have been used, however the AEDs assigned to responders have been deployed 19 instances.
Our analysis demonstrates that cellular defibrillators may dramatically fortify early get admission to to lifesaving remedy when other people undergo a cardiac arrest of their domestic – and fortify their possibilities of survival.
