Written by Walid Abdel Salam
Thursday, November 30, 2023 03:23 PM
She announced Ministry of Health And the population, preparing a national plan for medical insurance for the activities of the presidential elections scheduled to be held within the Arab Republic of Egypt, over a period of 3 days in the period from 10 to 12 next December, and starting the work of the control room at the Ministry of Health and Population in the Administrative Capital to follow up on medical insurance procedures.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the medical insurance plan leads to raising the degree of readiness and readiness during the presidential election activities, which witness densities and gatherings of citizens on the roads, and in front of and inside the electoral committees, in the places specified by the Supreme Elections Committee, which requires planning. And prepare for any emergency.
Abdul Ghaffar added that the plan includes sending 1,699 equipped ambulances around the headquarters of electoral committees and places where citizens gather, in all governorates, in addition to 11 river ambulance launches.
Abdel Ghaffar pointed out that the preparation phase for implementing the national plan to secure the presidential elections included limiting the capabilities of primary and specialized referral hospitals, linking them to the central crisis room in the office of the Ministry of Health and Population, in the New Administrative Capital, and the system of the national project for nursery care with the national network for emergencies and public safety, so that Any medical cases are transferred by ambulance to the nearest medical point according to the type and degree of injury, ensuring rapid response in rescuing emergency cases.
Abdel Ghaffar continued that the plan includes an emphasis on the directorates and agencies to increase medical staff in critical departments and auxiliary teams, and to activate emergency services, to work around the clock, while allocating phone numbers for speedy communication between the directorate’s emergency room, all hospitals and units, and the Ministry’s emergency services numbers 137. , 16474.
Abdul Ghaffar confirmed that the plan included ensuring the availability of medicines and emergency supplies and following up around the clock, reviewing the balances of crisis and disaster stores in each governorate, and providing numbers to communicate with supply and supply officials and the supply room when needed, in addition to securing a reserve of blood bags and blood derivatives, in coordination between Blood banks management and the automated call room, with the presence of a coordinator from the blood banks management in room (137) around the clock, as well as ensuring the review of oxygen stocks, the position of generators and diesel reserves, in all hospitals and agencies affiliated with the Ministry of Health.
Abdul Ghaffar noted that the plan includes coordination with university hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
2023-11-30 13:23:00
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