Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, is continuing to provide ambulance and medical services to the victims of the fire that occurred this morning, Sunday, in Abu Sevin Church He also directed the leaders of the Ministry of Health to move to Agouza and Imbaba General Hospitals to follow up on the repercussions of the fire directly..
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed that the ambulances that were dispatched to the site of the fire amounted to 37 cars, and 55 cases were transferred to the two hospitals (Imbaba General and Agouza)..
Abdel Ghaffar indicated that the state of readiness in the hospitals in the governorates of Giza and Cairo had been raised, noting that all blood types and emergency medicines were available in all hospitals that received the injured..
Abdul Ghaffar explained that the total number of deaths in the fire amounted to 41, due to the thick smoke resulting from the fire and the stampede due to the victims’ escape attempts, noting that 2 of the injured left the hospitals following receiving the necessary medical care, while 12 injured are currently receiving medical care, 5 of whom are in a hospital. Agouza, and 7 injured in Imbaba General Hospital, indicating that 4 of the injured are in unstable condition.
Abdul Ghaffar noted that the ambulance was informed of the fire at 8:57 minutes, and immediately the first ambulance moved from the nearest station in the Imbaba airport area, and arrived at the site of the fire at 8:59 minutes, then the rest of the cars continued to arrive.
