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Dehydrated infants die in hospital of faulty drugs: Health Ministry

Four deceased children among 27 cases in Beni Suef, drug confiscated

Health Ministry to amend pharmacy law

New draft aims to curb illegal pharmaceutical products and their distribution chain

48% of inspected pharmacies shut down in 2015

Ministry of Health takes further measures fighting black market drugs, says minister

Lawsuit targets army officials claiming HIV, Hepatitis C cure

Poor and helpless patients put high hopes on ‘army scam invention’, says lawyer

Prosecution investigates deaths following nurses’ strike in Alexandria

Nurses have pending financial dues since September, no response was made, claims Nursing Syndicate

Egypt’s alternative therapists

Energy therapy techniques are used to treat most of psychological and organic diseases such as depression, diabetes, cancer, scoliosis and back pain and many others

New app fights black market pharmaceuticals

A group of young Egyptian programmers, who call themselves GENU, has developed a smartphone application that can differentiate between genuine and fake drugs

Doctors’ Syndicate, government conflict on strike attendance

Ministry of Health says 12% of hospitals participated in the seventh partial strike of the year; Doctors’ Syndicate says 80%

Independent Movement candidates dominate Doctors’ Syndicate elections

The Muslim Brotherhood loses the majority of the syndicate’s board for the first time in 28 years

Situation remains tense in several universities

Any violation to the law by the students will be met with deterring sanctions: Cabinet

Vezeeta makes booking doctor appointments easy

Vezeeta matches patients and doctors online or through phone with free and customised service.

Agzakhana.com: A pharmacy in everyone’s pocket

Agzakhana makes pharmacy products and medical information available to anyone at any time.

New medical incentives law to cost government EGP 6bn

Law would see 420% to 600% increase in monthly salaries for government employed medical professionals

Medical product sales up 13% over last two months

Domestic companies witnessed a 15% growth in the value of their medical sales in 2012, bringing in a total of EGP22.3bn in revenues. Productions units meanwhile only saw their rates increase 8% during this time.