The authority said the procedures mark the first time such advanced CTO interventions have been performed at the complex, underscoring efforts to expand specialized cardiac care services under Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS) in border governorates and remote areas.
Patients covered by the system paid no more than EGP 482 for the procedures, which cost over EGP 3 million in the private sector, according to the authority.
EHA Chairman Ahmed El-Sobky said Al-Fayrouz Medical Complex has become an advanced centre for specialized cardiac interventions capable of performing highly complex procedures according to international standards.
“The expansion of advanced cardiac catheterization technologies strengthens healthcare equity and provides advanced services in border governorates without requiring patients to travel,” El-Sobky added.
The authority said the CTO interventions involved advanced techniques, including Dual Coronary Injection, Antegrade Wire Escalation, Microcatheter Support, Dissection and Re-entry procedures, Balloon Pre-dilatation, and the implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents to restore normal blood flow in blocked arteries.
All four procedures achieved full restoration of blood circulation with normal TIMI III Flow and no major complications recorded, it added.
The procedures were led by Professor Tarek Rashid, an expert in interventional cardiac catheterization and a member of the European Society of Cardiology, alongside a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists and specialists at the medical complex.
In a related development, the authority announced the successful completion of the complex’s second Mitral Clip procedure, performed through minimally invasive cardiac catheterization to treat severe mitral valve regurgitation.
The patient, a 60-year-old man suffering from severe heart muscle weakness with an ejection fraction of around 17 percent, underwent the procedure after doctors determined that conventional surgery posed a high risk.
The authority said the intervention significantly improved the patient’s valve function and reduced associated symptoms of heart failure.
Egypt’s UHIS, launched under Law No. 2 of 2018, aims to provide nationwide comprehensive healthcare coverage through a phased rollout, separating financing, service provision, and regulation.
The system was launched experimentally in Port Said in 2018 before the first operational phase expanded to include Luxor, Ismailia, South Sinai, Suez, and Aswan.
The government completed the first phase in July 2025 after major upgrades to hospitals, primary healthcare centres, and digital health infrastructure.
The scheme seeks to improve healthcare quality and accessibility by accrediting public and private medical facilities according to national quality standards, while limiting private-sector participation to regulated levels under official supervision.
Egypt has accelerated preparations for the second phase of the programme, which covers Minya, Matrouh, Damietta, Kafr El-Sheikh, and North Sinai.
The phase includes 69 hospitals with more than 11,400 beds and 669 primary healthcare units; many linked to the state’s Haya Karima rural development initiative.
According to official figures, public investments in the system have exceeded EGP 48 billion, while more than 6.2 million beneficiaries have received over 250 million medical services under the programme so far.
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