(From R to L) Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar and Minister of Justice Omar Marawan checking an info graph on Sunday 31 March, 2024. Photo courtesy of Egyptian Presidential spokesman.
On Sunday, President El-Sisi followed up in a meeting on the government’s efforts to support the private sector’s participation in the health sector and to increase investment inflows in the field.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar attended the meeting.
During the meeting, El-Sisi was briefed on the progress rates of some national health projects, according to a presidential statement.
These projects include opening the first branch of the French Gustave Roussy Institute in Egypt, in partnership with El-Salam Hospital, and establishing a medical city at the Nasser Institute (Nile Medical City).
They also discussed the latest developments of the central laboratories project in Badr City and the medical city for educational institutes project in the New Administrative Capital, added the statement.
The president directed the government to provide all the needs required for these projects.
These projects, he added, are part of the state’s plan to expand health services to citizens and accelerate comprehensive health insurance coverage.
The meeting also reviewed the executive steps to localize the pharmaceutical industry and open new areas for exporting Egyptian medicine.
El-Sisi also instructed the government to double its efforts to end the waiting list of critical cases, while continuing to provide health support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to alleviate the humanitarian and health crisis there.
Egypt will increase budget allocations for health and education by 30 percent in the fiscal year 2024/2025, which begins in July.
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