Written by Walid Abdel Salam Monday, October 16, 2023 09:24 AM Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar’s contract Minister of Health Residents held a meeting with the ministry’s undersecretaries and heads of crisis rooms in the governorates of Cairo, Giza, North Sinai, Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Damietta, and Sharqia, via videoconferencing technology from the ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital.
This comes in implementation of the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, during the National Security Council meeting, to follow up on the health system’s preparations to deal with any medical emergency after the repercussions of the events in the Gaza Strip, raise the readiness of referral hospitals in the governorates concerned, and provide all supplies, medicines and blood bags.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the minister listened to a presentation from Dr. Khaled Al-Khatib, head of the Central Administration for Critical and Urgent Care, who reviewed the axes of the action plan, which includes providing therapeutic services, whether in specialized surgeries or in the treatment of complex injuries and fractures. burns, and critical medical cases, while monitoring chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney failure, and tumors, in addition to preventive services, through monitoring and treating infectious diseases and providing the necessary vaccinations and serums for them, indicating an increase in the level of preparedness in hospitals in those governorates.
“Abdul Ghaffar” said that the minister was assured of the availability of sufficient stocks of medicines, medical supplies, oxygen cylinders, and blood bags and plasma. He was also assured of the readiness of hospitals with manpower in all specialties, and coordination with university hospitals in the event of needing support from staff. Medical, adding that the Minister directed that the pre-equipped hospital be placed on standby, and that it be equipped with all equipment and supplies, so that it acts as a focal point from the site of events, through which cases are sorted and directed to referral hospitals, according to the nature of the case, in addition to providing emergency medical services, adding The plan includes deploying a number of mobile clinics to deal with some medical cases and reduce pressure on referral hospitals.
Abdel Ghaffar indicated that the minister listened to a presentation from Dr. Amr Rashid, head of the ambulance authority, about the ambulance authority’s plan to deal with any medical developments due to the repercussions of the events in the Gaza Strip.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Mohamed Al-Nadi, Head of the Egyptian Central Administration for Therapeutic Medicine, Engineer Akram Sami, Assistant Minister for Information Technology, Dr. Mahmoud Hassan, Director of the General Administration of Blood Banks and Director of the Technical Office of the Head of the Therapeutic Medicine Sector, and Dr. Mohamed Al-Sanafiri, Director of the General Authority for Health Care Hospitals in the Governorate. Ismailia.
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