Health Ministry
Health minister: 4,000 hospitals should be demolished
Egypt
January 21, 2013
Health minister: 4,000 hospitals should be demolished
Health Minister Mohamed Mostafa Hamed has said that 200 hospitals and 3,800 health clinics around the country need to be…
Auditor recommends pharmaceuticals holding company face prosecution
Egypt
January 9, 2013
Auditor recommends pharmaceuticals holding company face prosecution
The Central Auditing Organization recommended Wednesday that officials from the Holding Company for Pharmaceuticals be referred to the Public Funds…
Another Mohamed Mahmoud protester dies from injuries
Egypt
December 2, 2012
Another Mohamed Mahmoud protester dies from injuries
Another protester was announced dead at the Helal Hospital in Cairo after being injured during clashes between protesters and security…
Teargas hits Tahrir as conflicting reports of injuries nationwide emerge
Egypt
November 28, 2012
Teargas hits Tahrir as conflicting reports of injuries nationwide emerge
Teargas canisters landed in Tahrir Square as fighting raged around the perimeter between police and protesters, according to AFP, as…
Update: April 6 member critically injured in Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, says doctor
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Update: April 6 member critically injured in Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, says doctor
Photos circulated on social media Tuesday of activist Gaber Salah Gaber alongside claims that he was killed in clashes on…
At Imbaba clinic, kindness holds underfunded health system together
Egypt
November 13, 2012
At Imbaba clinic, kindness holds underfunded health system together
The doctors are on strike, but the patients haven’t noticed. In Tanash primary care unit, in Warraq, north of…
Health Ministry continues to hold out against doctors’ strike
Egypt
November 11, 2012
Health Ministry continues to hold out against doctors’ strike
Protesting doctors held a symbolic funeral service for the Egyptian health system at Omar Makram Mosque after afternoon prayers on…
Health Ministry says working to legalize organ transplants from deceased
Egypt
November 10, 2012
Health Ministry says working to legalize organ transplants from deceased
Assistant Health Minister Abdel Hamid Abaza said the Health Ministry has not yet made a decision to allow organ transplant…
Doctors march in symbolic funeral to demand funding
Egypt
November 8, 2012
Doctors march in symbolic funeral to demand funding
Hundreds of doctors staged a symbolic funeral on Thursday that stretched from Omar Makram mosque on Tahrir Square to Maspero.
Doctors to hold symbolic funeral for Health Ministry
Egypt
November 6, 2012
Doctors to hold symbolic funeral for Health Ministry
The doctors’ strike entered its 37th day Tuesday, demanding better salaries, the improvement of the health system and improved hospital…