Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, decided to increase the value of the sums borne by the specialized medical councils in exchange for dialysis sessions to 500 pounds instead of 325 pounds, in light of the commitment of the Egyptian state and the Ministry of Health and Population to provide health care to citizens.
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed in a statement today that the decision comes due to the increase in the prices of dialysis supplies due to global changes, as Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, decided to increase the value of the amounts borne by specialized medical councils to 500 pounds instead of 325 pounds. In order to ensure the continuity of service provision.
The official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population explained that the Ministry of Health and Population will bear these amounts completely through the system Treatment at the expense of the statePatients will continue to receive the service “free of charge.”
And the Ministry of Health and Population announced, earlier, the issuance of 315,941 treatment decisions at the expense of the state, in all governorates of the Republic, during the month of September, at a total cost of one billion and 333 million pounds..
This comes within the framework of lifting the burden on patients, especially those who are unable, by providing medical services such as surgeries, medicines and medical examinations at the expense of the state..
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the treatment decisions at the state’s expense included the specialties of hematology, oncology, nose and ear, surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, urology, and internal medicine, in addition to skin and neurological diseases, pointing to the debate of 117 patients. In various governorates, via video conference technology, to issue treatment decisions without the need to come to the administration headquarters.
