He said Major General Osama Al-Qadi The Governor of Minya, that the Directorate of Health continues to implement the work of the presidential initiative to take care of “the health of the mother and the fetus”, by providing free medical and treatment services to women in all governorate centers, which was launched by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of the Republic, in the interest of the safety and health of Egyptian women.
For his part, Dr. Mohamed Nadi explained Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Minyathat the health service was provided to 2,200 pregnant women during the month of January, as part of the activities of the presidential initiative to care for the health of the mother and fetus, noting that 79,498 pregnant women were examined since the beginning of the initiative in all governorate centers.
Dr. Ahmed Khalil, Director of the Basic Care Department and Coordinator of Presidential Initiatives in Minya Governorate, indicated that the initiative aims to examine pregnant women from the first day of pregnancy until birth, with the aim of early detection of many diseases, the most important of which is the virus (hepatitis B – syphilis – HIV). In addition to checking the pressure, taking physical measurements of weight, height, and measuring blood sugar, in order to prevent the transmission of diseases from the mother to the fetus, adding that the initiative is being carried out in 260 health units and medical centers in all health departments at the level of Minya Governorate through trained medical teams, taking All necessary preventive and precautionary measures and infection control methods are followed.