Health Ministry
Dream Hospital shutdown over irregularities: Health Ministry
Egypt
April 5, 2017
Dream Hospital shutdown over irregularities: Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health and Population announced Dream Hospital's administrative closure due to irregularities detected in the hospital during an…
Expired drugs to be disposed not recycled: Health Minister
Egypt
March 29, 2017
Expired drugs to be disposed not recycled: Health Minister
Expired drugs will be disposed of by the pharmacist inspection to ensure that they are not recycled, Health Minister Ahmed…
Parliament Health Committee calls for urgent plan to counter ‘mysterious virus’
Egypt
March 21, 2017
Parliament Health Committee calls for urgent plan to counter ‘mysterious virus’
Members of the House of Representatives Health Committee called for an urgent plan to fight the "mysterious virus", which led…
Egypt’s Health Ministry forms committee to diagnose deadly unknown virus
Egypt
March 17, 2017
Egypt’s Health Ministry forms committee to diagnose deadly unknown virus
The Health Ministry has formed a committee to determine how some citizens contracted a deadly unknown virus recently. The first meeting was…
Official report: government hospitals treated 516,000 psychiatric patients in 2016
Egypt
March 16, 2017
Official report: government hospitals treated 516,000 psychiatric patients in 2016
The number of psychiatric patients attending public hospitals over the past year increased during 2016, compared to previous years, a…
UPDATE: Number of food poisoning cases reaches 800 in Sohag schools
Egypt
March 15, 2017
UPDATE: Number of food poisoning cases reaches 800 in Sohag schools
The number of students who suffered food poisoning and stomach pains after eating a school meal on Tuesday has risen…
Citizens with unknown virus held at specialized fever hospitals: sources
Egypt
March 15, 2017
Citizens with unknown virus held at specialized fever hospitals: sources
Several people are being held at Imbaba and Abbassiya specialized fever hospitals after contracting a virus that doctors are still…
180,000 women checked for breast cancer in 10 years: Health Ministry
Egypt
March 12, 2017
180,000 women checked for breast cancer in 10 years: Health Ministry
As part of the national program for early breast cancer checks, 180,000 women older than 40 have been examined for…
Health Ministry announces list of unavailable drugs for February
Egypt
March 7, 2017
Health Ministry announces list of unavailable drugs for February
The Ministry of Health announced the list of drugs that were unavailable on the market during the month of February…
Health insurance workers protest in Cairo, governorates
Egypt
February 12, 2017
Health insurance workers protest in Cairo, governorates
Dozens of health insurance workers protested on Sunday in Cairo, Giza and other governorates to demand that a cadre of…