Latest in Tag: health care Highlight
Latest in Tag: health care

International institutions inject $1.4bn in 32 projects to improve Egypt’s health care
18 multilateral, bilateral development partners provide funds to support health sector in 95 locations across Egypt

Work underway in 5 governorates to apply comprehensive health insurance
Egypt’s comprehensive health insurance will cover whole country within 10 years: Maait

British companies see huge opportunities in Egypt’s health care sector
Local authorities try hard to develop the health care system, says McMillan

BEBA hosts Moeit, senior Egyptian officials to discuss future of health care sector
Meeting is great opportunity to enhance British-Egyptian health cooperation, says Nosseir

Venezuela's health care crisis: Hospitals have 'nothing left'
As Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis grows increasingly dire, more people are leaving the country. Across the border in Colombia, aid services are reaching their limits, Andreas Lindner of the German Red Cross tells DW.DW: How is the situation currently on the Colombia-Venezuela border, particularly in Cucuta? Andreas Lindner: The situation has become increasingly dramatic over the …

SGH group likely to inaugurate its Alexandria medical city late 2019
We receive 290,330 Egyptian patients, 4,772 foreign patients annually, says CEO

Al-Sisi calls on government to amend healthcare flaws, provide universally distinguished services
Parliament approved Universal Healthcare system bill last year, amid fears of privatizationÂ

Afghanistan’s dismal health situation
New York – As the war in Afghanistan shows no signs of abating, the health of the people in the country continues to be cause for concern. Afghanistan’s health care system is considered one of the worst in the world, and decades of war and international neglect have contributed to its deterioration. An estimated 6 million …

Shortage in leukaemia medicine triggers cyber-campaign, authorities boost supplies
Authorities responded to the public distress and are sending Purinethol to cancer institutes

Vezeeta selected among top 20 emerging companies in Egypt
Forbes Middle East magazine has ranked Vezeeta among the top five start-ups in Egypt. Vezeeta is specialised in providing health care services online. The research team in Forbes Middle East sent a questionnaire to 350 start-ups in different fields, including TIEC, A15, Cairo Angels, Flat6Labs, and Sawari Ventures. The evaluation depended on the potential prevalence …

Health Ministry investigates death of 2 children in Gharbeya
Polio vaccine was administered to the children days before their death

Health Ministry impugns Doctors Syndicate’s free health care claims
The ministry stated patients visited hospitals as usual on second day of the alleged implementation of the syndicate’s decision to provide free health care

Health Ministry agrees to amend Mehrez’s cause of death to meningitis
Ministry changes its earlier report on doctor’s death, instead of “car accident”

Low salaries root cause of unrest in health care: Dina Omar
Doctors’ Syndicate called for a strike on 1 October to protest the new Civil Service Law

National Cardiology Centre opens next week after first phase renovations
The centre was under renovations by the Armed Forces for the past six weeks
National Cardiology Centre opens next week after first phase renovations
The National Cardiology Centre will open next week after the first round of renovations, which took six weeks, Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told Daily News Egypt. Located in Imbabah, the Armed Forces Engineering Authority gave the centre a facelift, with other renovations also made. These included creating a new database for patients, planning surrounding …

Groundbreaking fabric to prevent cross-contamination
Unique textile, manufactured in Egypt, will help stop the spread of infections

28% increase in subsidised health services in November: IDSC
Over 171,000 cases were treated in Egypt, while 8 cases received treatment abroad

Tobacco workers on strike
Eastern Company for Tobacco workers demand better wages, family health insurance and permanent contracts

Over a year after the revolution: the injured speak out
The injured and their families have been going back and forth between NCCMFI and other stakeholders to ask for better treatment

Doctors’ strike begins
Doctors demand increased wages, security, budget and overall better services

Morsy addresses Egyptian and foreign audiences
Egyptian president interviewed by NYT and State TV on Saturday

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