The Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said, during her speech before Parliament, today, to review what the ministry has accomplished, that a comprehensive health insurance system has been launched from Port Said governorate, and the number of those registered in the system has reached 600,000 citizens and 3 million medical services have been provided to citizens, including one million and 200 thousand medical services. The family, 500 thousand medical services in outpatient clinics, and 30 thousand surgeries were performed, including surgeries performed for the first time in Port Said Governorate, including brain and nerve surgeries, pediatric hemodialysis, maxillofacial surgeries, cerebral catheters and interventional radiology, pointing to the launch of trial operation in the rest of the governorates of the stage The first one, including Suez, with a total of 27 units and centers, 5 hospitals, and a registration rate of 25.2%, South Sinai Governorate with a total of 22 units and centers and 8 hospitals with a registration rate of 81.6%, Aswan Governorate with a total of 112 units and centers, 11 hospitals and a registration rate of 54%, and Ismailia Governorate with a total of 39 units and centers and 12 A hospital with a registration rate of 81.23%, in addition to the Luxor governorate with a total of 59 units and centers and 7 hospitals, and the registration rate of 62.6%, as the total of what was registered in the governorates of the first phase that is witnessing trial operation B LG 3 million and 635 thousand citizens.
The system witnessed investment in the human element and hotel services, through the training of family doctors in England, the training of doctors at the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation in Aswan, the training of Indian experts (IQVIA), the quality training in cooperation with the Japanese (JICA), in addition to the development of hotel suites in hospitals, adding that the system Comprehensive health insurance obtained international praise from the head of the World Health Organization, who confirmed during his visit to Egypt that this system is a new chapter in the history of the health sector system in Egypt, in addition to the G20 praising the group, and a delegation from Nigeria visited Port Said to benefit from the Egyptian experience, Egypt’s experience was presented, among other 4 experiments in applying universal health coverage, in the British Health Services Authority (NHS EXPO).
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