Health Ministry
Update: April 6 member critically injured in Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, says doctor
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Update: April 6 member critically injured in Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, says doctor
Photos circulated on social media Tuesday of activist Gaber Salah Gaber alongside claims that he was killed in clashes on…
At Imbaba clinic, kindness holds underfunded health system together
Egypt
November 13, 2012
At Imbaba clinic, kindness holds underfunded health system together
The doctors are on strike, but the patients haven’t noticed. In Tanash primary care unit, in Warraq, north of…
Health Ministry continues to hold out against doctors’ strike
Egypt
November 11, 2012
Health Ministry continues to hold out against doctors’ strike
Protesting doctors held a symbolic funeral service for the Egyptian health system at Omar Makram Mosque after afternoon prayers on…
Health Ministry says working to legalize organ transplants from deceased
Egypt
November 10, 2012
Health Ministry says working to legalize organ transplants from deceased
Assistant Health Minister Abdel Hamid Abaza said the Health Ministry has not yet made a decision to allow organ transplant…
Doctors march in symbolic funeral to demand funding
Egypt
November 8, 2012
Doctors march in symbolic funeral to demand funding
Hundreds of doctors staged a symbolic funeral on Thursday that stretched from Omar Makram mosque on Tahrir Square to Maspero.
Doctors to hold symbolic funeral for Health Ministry
Egypt
November 6, 2012
Doctors to hold symbolic funeral for Health Ministry
The doctors’ strike entered its 37th day Tuesday, demanding better salaries, the improvement of the health system and improved hospital…
Striking doctors march, but government standing firm
Egypt
November 1, 2012
Striking doctors march, but government standing firm
Nearly 1,000 striking doctors escalated their protest by forming a human chain from the Doctors Syndicate to the Health Ministry…
With mass resignation campaign, doctors’ strike escalates
Egypt
October 22, 2012
With mass resignation campaign, doctors’ strike escalates
Last week, protesting doctors launched a mass resignation campaign to escalate their ongoing strike. Mona Mina, a member of…
Health Ministry: Strike participation rate is 1.5 percent
Egypt
October 20, 2012
Health Ministry: Strike participation rate is 1.5 percent
Ibrahim Mostafa, assistant to the health minister and the official responsible for dealing with the doctors’ strike at the ministry,…
Pharmacies given deadline to implement new medicine prices
Egypt
October 16, 2012
Pharmacies given deadline to implement new medicine prices
Assistant Health Minister Ibrahim Mostafa said at a press conference on Tuesday that a new pricing system for medications has…