The Ministry of Health reveals the mechanisms for developing the integrated services card system… clarifies cases of disability eligible for the service system… Hossam Abdel Ghaffar: 6 steps to register to obtain medical services for free… and 500,000 cases in the governorates are contested

Written by Walid Abdel Salam

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 12:00 AM

revealed Ministry of Health and Population About the details of developing the integrated services card system in the Republic, in implementation of the Egyptian state’s directives to support people of determination and integrate them into society, noting that a medical examination was conducted for 500,000 citizens requesting the card..

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed that the number of medical committees specialized in medical examination of people with special needs to obtain the integrated services card has been increased to 494 medical committees, which include committees affiliated with the Ministry of Health, university hospital committees, and medical committees in the armed forces and police hospitals. This is within the framework of facilitating procedures for citizens and covering all governorates of the Republic.

Spokesman Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar noted Ministry of Health And the population to sign a medical examination for 3.1 million citizens requesting cash support (solidarity and dignity), adding that 300,125 citizens requesting to obtain cars equipped for people with special needs exempted from taxes and customs duties were interviewed at the level of the governorates of the Republic..

Dr. Hossam Abdel Afar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that cases of disabilities eligible for the “Integrated Services Card” include (multi-limb amputation or amputation of one limb, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, and cases of muscular atrophy – polio in one or more limbs – in addition to cases of Blindness, multiple disabilities, Down syndrome, and other intellectual disabilities (IQ of 35% or less) as well as autism spectrum conditions and dwarfism).

In the same context, Dr. Muhammad Zidan, Director General of the Specialized Medical Councils, said that the steps for obtaining an integrated services card begin by registering the citizen’s personal data on The official website of the Ministry He explained that the data includes (last name, national number, type of disability, phone number, address) and the applicant is notified via a short message on his mobile phone of the date and location of the medical examination, noting that the site operates 24 hours a day..

Zidane stressed the keenness of the Ministries of Health and Population, Social Solidarity, and the concerned authorities to facilitate the access of people with disabilities to the integrated services card, noting that the Ministry of Health and Population, represented in its affiliated agencies and committees, university hospital committees, the armed forces, and the police, are committees entrusted with signing the agreement. Medical examination of applicants for an integrated services card, and after completing the medical procedures, the applications are transferred to the Ministry of Solidarity, which in turn issues the integrated services card..

Zaidan pointed out that cases of disability are directed to agencies and committees affiliated with the Ministry of Health, university hospital committees, and medical committees in armed forces and police hospitals.

It is noteworthy that citizens’ requests are transferred to the Ministry of Social Solidarity after the completion of the required medical procedures, in order to issue the integrated services card. We affirm the keenness of the Ministries of Health and Population, Social Solidarity and the concerned authorities to facilitate the access of people with disabilities to the integrated services card and to make registration available on the official website of the Ministry. .