Ministry of Health

Some Cairo doctors suspect virus, not heatwave behind dozens of deaths
Egypt

Some Cairo doctors suspect virus, not heatwave behind dozens of deaths

As the Health Ministry says that 75 people had died of an inclement heat wave that started early August, doctors…
Ministry denies meningitis epidemic
Egypt

Ministry denies meningitis epidemic

The Health Ministry has dismissed reports about cases of a meningitis epidemic as the country has recorded 61 deaths due…
Four mental patients among 30 killed by heatwave
Egypt

Four mental patients among 30 killed by heatwave

Soaring temperatures in Egypt killed four patients at the al-Khanka pyschological hospital in Qalyubiya, north of Cairo, on Sunday. The victims…
21 dead as temperatures soar in Egypt heatwave: ministry
Egypt

21 dead as temperatures soar in Egypt heatwave: ministry

Twenty-one people have died and 66 others were hospitalised with exhaustion as soaring temperatures and high humidity hit Cairo and…
Alexandria hospital workers protest delayed payments
Egypt

Alexandria hospital workers protest delayed payments

Dozens of workers at the government-run al-Mabarra Hospital in Alexandria began a strike on Saturday over a two-month delay in the…
Prosecutors investigate child deaths at Beni Suef hospital
Egypt

Prosecutors investigate child deaths at Beni Suef hospital

The Administrative Prosecution service ordered an urgent investigation into the reported death of four children at Beni Suef Hospital on…
Health Ministry: Cairene woman 6th bird flu death in 2015
Egypt

Health Ministry: Cairene woman 6th bird flu death in 2015

The Ministry of Health said Wednesday it recorded a sixth death with the H5N1 (bird flu) virus, announcing that the…
Health Ministry raises price for 42 medications to offset losses
Egypt

Health Ministry raises price for 42 medications to offset losses

The Health Ministry has admitted it approved price raises for 42 medications produced by stumbling public sector firms, revealing that…
Health Ministry expects further bird flu infections till April
Egypt

Health Ministry expects further bird flu infections till April

Friday saw Egypt’s first bird flu death in 2015, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, predicting infections to surge till…
Health Minister defends hep C drug against suspicions
Egypt

Health Minister defends hep C drug against suspicions

Health Minister Adel Al-Adawy has defended Egypt’s deal with US firm Gilead to secure the hepatitis C drug Sovaldi in…
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