Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, responded to the rumors of selling 5 hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health, and confirmed that it was not raised in any way, and that the idea of the government or the Ministry of Health offering any of its hospitals for sale is completely untrue.
Selling 5 hospitals affiliated to “Health”
The health spokesman explained that there is an economic authority established by law during the era of former President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964 to provide a paid treatment service, and it is an economic authority, and it has 5 hospitals in Cairo, and there was talk regarding offering one of those hospitals for investment by the private sector, only.
During a telephone commentary to the “Rumors and Facts” program broadcast on the “Exeter News” channel, he explained that the investment in the five hospitals will be in the form of developing and providing distinguished treatment services.
He explained, for example, that “there will be a designated place in Heliopolis Hospital for medical tourism, and hotel accommodations. The benefit to the citizen is the presence of good health services.”
Health: an obvious liar
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population stressed that the rumors regarding the sale, or the state abandoning its hospitals, selling the health sector and raising the prices of medical services to the citizen, are clear lies to all, and the citizen should not be tempted by them.