Ministry of Health
Some Cairo doctors suspect virus, not heatwave behind dozens of deaths
Egypt
August 13, 2015
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
August 12, 2015
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
August 11, 2015
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
August 10, 2015
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
August 9, 2015
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
July 29, 2015
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
January 21, 2015
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
January 8, 2015
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
January 4, 2015
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
November 3, 2014
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…