Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, said that his visit to the Governor of Aswan was to respond to what has been circulated in the recent period, regarding the presence of intestinal diseases there in Aswan, continues: “The first appearance of cases of intestinal diseases in Aswan was on September 16 last.
He said at a press conference from the Governor of Aswan: “The cases that first appeared had symptoms of vomiting, colic, diarrhea and high temperature, and the fact is that they did not start on the 16th and they started two or three days before that. .. and the diagnostic tools in the Ministry of Health reported that 8 cases were suffering from gastrointestinal diseases.” In Daraw Hospital…
The minister confirmed that the state is not hiding anything when dealing with medical issues in Aswan, indicating that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is monitoring the situation in Governor Aswan every day.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, said that the involvement of geographical areas with gastroenteritis cases in the Aswan Governorate led the Director of Health Affairs to inform the investigative agencies in The Ministry of Health on the issue, continues: “We have an investigation in every government in the Republic, and we have committees to manage it. The situation is in collaboration with the government and the relevant organizations,” giving noted that “the total number of cases that have visited hospitals suffering from intestinal diseases since the appearance of these cases in Aswan is about 480 cases, and the frequency means that he went to hospitals and emergency departments to monitor complaints and receive treatment, and they were minors.”
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, indicated that the cases with gastrointestinal diseases arrived in Aswan and needed health care, such as installing solutions or work health follow-up for them, 168 cases, because they did not arrive at the hospital for treatment in time, and 49 of them were released. and the hospitals that received the cases reach 4 hospitals in Aswan.
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, explained that there were 5 deaths that were not confirmed to be linked to cases showing symptoms of gastroenteritis in Aswan Governorate, and the cases were not linked to confirm the event. , including a death that went through medical tests and was negative for all types of microbes, and there are two cases From outside the department, there are cases with chronic diseases, “reveals that the “hospital visit rate is declining .. and there is a difference between hospital and residential visits… and the average daily frequency is between 18-19 cases per day in Aswan Governorate. All… These are very normal levels according to gastrointestinal diseases.”
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, said that there is a decrease in the number of cases of intestinal diseases in Aswan, and we expect this decrease to continue within a week from today, because the incubation period of the microbe reaches 3-5 days, and within a week the cases will go down completely and we have started to notice from the – what.
He said at a press conference: “The Aswan Administration is not small, and the numbers we are talking about are not large compared to the size of the government … procedures that have been followed from the first notification through to establish a committee from the Department of Preventive Medicine led by the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Company, and communication with the Governor of Aswan for collaboration through a work cell and meetings during the day to manage all issues to find out why intestinal diseases exist.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, said that there is an integrated system to trace the waters of the Nile River in which more than one ministry participates, including the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, which receives water samples every day and every week and the work is done in very advanced laboratories.
He said at a press conference from the Governor of Aswan: “This water then goes to the treatment plants under the care of the Ministry of Housing and the Holding Company for Drinking Water, and it is done treatment and inspection work from time to time, leading to the role of the Ministry of Health when the water is released to homes, as well as the work of the Ministry of the Environment as well as Local Development.
The minister continued: “There is a complex system to check every water point in the Nile River all the way to the citizen in Aswan. the same show, and the aim was to know the main reason.”
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, the Minister of Health, said that they visited 315 homes and checked 2,179 people to identify and analyze the common causes and those who had been in contact with cases identify disease.
He confirmed that what has been circulated on social media platforms by malicious parties who aim to spread baseless rumors is that the occupancy rates in Al-Sadaqa Hospital are around 37% for the departments in and approximately 60 to 65% of intensive care beds. , and these are the normal percentages during this time of the general year.
For his part, Sheriff El-Sherbiny, Minister of Housing, said that the state is making many efforts in the matter of water, such as those for the Governor of Aswan, saying: “We serve our people in Aswan Governorate with a total of 108 water stations. , including 5 main and 103 sub-groups.”
El-Sherbiny, at a press conference, said that 385 thousand cubic meters are produced every day, which serves all the people of the Governorate of Aswan, which has about one million and 600 thousand people. within the government.
Sheriff El-Sherbiny, Minister of Housing, said that the samples taken from the water stations in the Aswan Governorate were tested, and indeed they were in accordance with specifications and standards, saying: “After we to monitor the issues, we strengthened the reporting and product initiatives through the Drinking Water and Wastewater Conservation Company and the Drinking Water and Wastewater Regulatory Authority.” The Ministry of Health is linked to the Ministry, as it is a supervisory body within the Ministry to examine samples randomly and continuously.
He said that the problem of the emergence of cases in Aswan was not a water problem, explaining: “We worked through an operation room together with the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Governor of Aswan, and we launched groups field work on the ground by the government. aimed at investigating and identifying the causes and justification of the problem,” and he continued: “After the level of investigation of the stations We began to investigate the sub-networks themselves, but we found that they were in accordance with the specifications and standards as well.
At the same time, Major General Ismail Kamal, Governor of Aswan, confirmed that medical teams were dispatched early and that cases with gastrointestinal diseases were dealt with quickly, saying: “We have been exposed to several rumors in the past time “
He said at a press conference: “All the people of Aswan cooperated and it was confirmed that there is no problem in Aswan… and we have to tell the truth… and we are waiting for the beginning of the tourist season winter Next Friday and hotels are not cancelled… and the whole world is seeing the truth of what is happening.”
The Deputy Prime Minister, together with Dr. Amr Kandil, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, and Major General Ismail Kamal, Governor of Aswan, inspected the Aswan Special Hospital in New Sadaqa, visited the hospital’s departments , and they examined the state of health of those who live. suffering from intestinal diseases.
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