Latest in Tag: Patients Highlight
Latest in Tag: Patients

Opinion| Protecting patients from ransomware attacks
Why is healthcare cyber resiliency critical as we move beyond recovery?

Minimally invasive treatment provides fast pain relief for cancer patients
Patients with debilitating bone tumours experienced improved quality of life in as little as 3 days

Researchers investigate more effective treatments for older breast cancer patients
Study shows that least fit should be offered treatments to help bridge gap in survival rates between older and younger women

Pregnant COVID-19 patients at greater risk of ICU care, giving birth prematurely
Older age, obesity, pre-existing medical conditions increase pregnant womenās risk of more serious symptoms related to virus

Study reveals causes behind COVID-19 patients possible loss of smell
Part of nose responsible for smelling could also be place where coronavirus gains foothold in body, study finds

38,000 COVID-19 home-isolation patients in Egypt receive treatment bags since May
A total of 36,567 of patients in home-isolation are adults, 1,761 patients are paediatric cases

WHO welcomes Dexamethasone promising results among COVID-19 patients
Medication may cause negative side effects, should be taken under medical supervision, says Egyptian Medicines Authority

Healthcare professionals offer comfort, monitoring to COVID-19 patients at home
Patients receive daily follow-up to monitor when they need emergency care

āAhalynaā offers online medical help for COVID-19 patients self-isolating at home
Doctors in the initiative follow up with around 88 cases, says co-founderĀ

Health Ministry announces instructions on caring for home-isolated COVID-19 patientsĀ
Stringent instructions include separating patients from the rest of the household and stringent cleaning measures

Egypt begins clinical trials using blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patientsĀ
If trials prove successful, plasma will be approved as cure for virus, says Zayed

Al-Sisi instructs Covid-19 testing for National Cancer Instituteās staff, patients
60 cancer patients at NCI tested negative for coronavirus, says Cairo University spokesperson Ā

AUC graduate creates 3D technology programme for base-of-thumb osteoarthritis patients
My vision has always revolved around innovating and creating technological solutions that can serve society, says Haider

Egypt provides VoseviĀ for HCV patients free of charge
It’s the most recent drug for HCV patients. ItĀ attacks the virus in three sites at once that helps in getting rid of the virus forever.

Minister of Health visits patients of āwaiting listā initiativeĀ Ā
Ministry previously launched a website and hotline to receive applications of those who want to undergo urgent surgeries or operations

Parliament demands government to put end to waiting lists of patients waiting to undergo surgeries: committee secretary
During first week of President Al-Sisi launching a six-month initiative to put an end to patientsā waiting lists for surgeries, medical intervention for critical cases initiative recorded 454

ElBalto: Healthcare app connecting patients, doctors, caregivers
ElBalto, a mobile-based platform, was launched by a startup aiming to transform healthcare through connecting patients, doctors, and caregivers. The co-founder and CEO of the company, Mahmoud Abdalla, explained that receiving medical assistance in non-emergency cases often meets unneeded hassles and obstacles, such as traffic jams, doctor cancellations, or no-shows He added that in Egyptās …

General Prosecutor orders investigation into Abbasiya patients incident
Incident occurred on Sunday when leaked photos circulated on social media showing hospital staff abusing patients

Diabetes drug significantly reverses memory loss in Alzheimerās patients
Link found between impaired insulin, cerebral degeneration in type 2 diabetes

2.3 million patients treated at state expense in 2016: CAPMAS
The total number of patientsĀ treated at the expense of the state in 2016, internally and abroad, was estimated at 2.3 million, at a cost of EGP 5.1bn, compared to 1.8 million patients at a cost of EGP 4.5bn in 2015, with an 11% increase in treatment costs according to theĀ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation …

Researchers predict early mortality in acute myeloid leukemia patients
Data from 40 patients with acute myeloid leukemia was included in the final analysis

Government opens Rafah border crossing for three days
The Rafah border crossing has been opened to allow passage of patients and students, says state media

Doctor who took selfie in surgery suspended, referred to investigations
The photo surfaced on social media leaving many users outraged at the invasion of the patientās privacy

Giving young Egyptian cancer patients their dream hairstyles
Prominent hairdresser Ashraf Abo El Magd, of Salon Ashraf and Mazen in Heliopolis, had turned one of the hospitalās offices into a salon, shaping long wigs into the hairstyles the two cancer patients had always wanted

Egypt opens Rafah border crossing to admit Palestinians into Gaza
Egypt has closed the border crossing for a month, after deadly attacks in the Sinai Peninsula claimed the lives of 30 Egyptian security personnel
Prosecution investigates deaths following nursesā strike in Alexandria
Nurses have pending financial dues since September, no response was made, claims Nursing Syndicate
Egypt opens Rafah border crossing, Amnesty calls for investigation into violations
Death toll from the ongoing violence leaves 121 dead in Gaza; no deaths reported from Israel

Vezeeta makes booking doctor appointments easy
Vezeeta matches patients and doctors online or through phone with free and customised service.

Govt pays EGP 2.6bn in medical bills
Cost of government-funded medical treatment for Egyptians living at home and abroad totals EGP 2.6bn in 2012

Medical tourism for cancer patients in Latvia
Patients from all over the world are travelling to Latvia to seek treatment from cancer and the Virotherapy Centre has developed a programme to ensure their treatment is as comfortable as possible