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The procedures were performed at 43 hospitals and medical complexes in six governorates: Port Said, Luxor, Ismailia, South Sinai, Suez, and Aswan, according to a statement. Officials cited high success rates and compliance with international standards as signs of improving surgical services.
The milestone reflects Egypt’s efforts to expand healthcare capacity and provide complex procedures at low cost to patients. Beneficiaries pay a fixed contribution of EGP 482 per operation, regardless of the total cost, which can exceed EGP 1 million in some cases.
EHA chairman Ahmed El-Sobky said the figures show “significant progress” in the quality and range of surgical care, including the ability to handle more complex cases.
He added that advanced and high-skill procedures accounted for more than 41 percent of total interventions, marking a 20 percent increase in the second half of 2025 compared to the first half, an indicator of rising technical capacity within the system.
The authority said the surgeries covered a wide range of specialized fields, including orthopaedics and joint replacement, cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery, neurosurgery, and advanced endoscopic procedures, as well as cardiac catheterization.
Facilities have also introduced cutting-edge techniques such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, and endovascular aortic repair (EVAR and TEVAR), in addition to kidney and liver transplants, the statement said.
All procedures are carried out in operating theatres equipped with advanced medical technologies and staffed by trained teams of consultants, specialists, and nursing personnel working under internationally recognized treatment protocols, the authority added.
Egypt’s UHIS, established under Law No. 2 of 2018, is a mandatory, solidarity-based scheme designed to provide comprehensive healthcare coverage through a phased rollout, separating financing, service provision, and regulation to improve efficiency and quality.
The system’s first phase, launched in 2018 and completed in July 2025, covered six governorates and focused on upgrading facilities, expanding specialized services, and integrating digital health systems.
More than 6.2 million beneficiaries have been enrolled under the system so far, receiving over 250 million medical services, with total public spending exceeding EGP 48 billion, according to official figures.
The second phase is currently underway in Minya, Matrouh, Damietta, Kafr El-Sheikh, and North Sinai, covering 69 hospitals with more than 11,400 beds and 669 primary healthcare units, many of which are linked to the state’s Haya Karima rural development initiative.
The system adopts a population-based planning approach, targeting one public-sector hospital bed per 1,000 citizens, while allowing regulated private-sector participation capped at 30–40 pecent, subject to accreditation requirements.
UHIS places primary healthcare at the centre of service delivery, supported by digital patient records and referral systems that improve continuity of care and control costs.
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