Latest in Tag: health Highlight
Latest in Tag: health
Comfortably numb: identifying the root of Egypt’s drug problems
Despite, or perhaps because of, the prevalence of recreational drug use in Egypt, especially with regards to hashish and marihuana, there seems to be a ‘blind-eye’ approach to the presence of the country’s underlying and more problematic drug culture
Pharmaceuticals pricing dilemma continues to escalate
Pharmaceutical companies expect the pharmaceutics conflict to be resolved in their favor
Minister of health takes steps to secure hospitals
More security for 100 hospitals around Egypt, More medical supplies and improved PR departments to deal with Furious families
Another violent incident highlights “inadequate” hospital security
Over the last month emergency rooms and intensive care units (ICUs) have been subject to a series of violent attacks
Pharmacists reject price cuts
By Basma Tharwat and Nourhan Yasser The Pharmacy Owners’ Division (POD) of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has rejected a price modification resolution from the Ministry of Health. A statement by the Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate (EPS) required pharmacy owners to implement resolution 499 of the Ministry of Health regarding medication pricing. Adel Abdel Maksoud, …
Hospital security continues to crumble
Doctors unable to treat patients at public hospitals for fear of safety
Al-Gabaly leaves for Saudi Arabia despite travel ban
Al-Gabaly submitted a written approval granting him one-off permission to travel
Hospitals under Attack
Multiple attacks a few hours apart lead to a doctors’ strike and the closing of emergency rooms
Power outage spoils blood in Port Said
Blood spoilage highlights the larger issue of the lack of power
Mubarak’s life and death editorialised
Once a taboo, the health of the President is now a matter of public debate