Patient Safety Week push: PHCC lit its buildings orange for World Patient Safety Day 2026 and kicks off its Patient Safety Campaign (Sept 17–23), while Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education joins the same orange-light theme to back the “Safe Care for Life” message. Government-wide safety culture: The Ministry of Justice also took part in the national orange lighting campaign, focusing on preventable harm linked to non-communicable diseases and safer diagnosis, treatment, and medication use. Gaza health support: Qatar signed a UN agreement to deliver about 1.3 million litres of fuel to the Gaza Strip, aiming to keep hospitals and health centres running; the fuel-dependent services support around 2.1 million Palestinians. Local care quality: Aspetar Laboratory secured CAP re-accreditation for a seventh consecutive cycle, reinforcing its diagnostic quality and patient-safety standards for athletes. Workplace health: Qatar’s Ministry of Labour wrapped up a heat stress awareness and inspection campaign (June 1–Sept 15), targeting workers and employers with prevention-focused guidance. Thyroid care research: A Qatar-based study compared ACR TI-RADS and EU TI-RADS, finding different strengths in sensitivity vs specificity for spotting malignant thyroid nodules.