Written by Walid Abdel Salam
Sunday, March 12, 2023 09:56 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population said that the initiative of the President of the Republic to examine those who are about to get married aims to detect infectious diseases such as hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, and human immunodeficiency virus..
The Ministry of Health and Population said that in the event of losing the medical certificate for the examinations Those about to get married You can go to the nearest unit of the initiative examination units to re-print the certificate and pay only 40 pounds.
And Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesman for the ministry, continued Ministry of Health And the population: “The costs of the medical examination and analyzes are 230 pounds, and the state bears the difference, as the average cost of the analysis ranges from 450 to 500 pounds per person.”
Abdel Ghaffar added that a medical examination was conducted for 9,000 young men and women in all governorates of the republic, through the initiative of the President of the Republic to “examine those who are about to get married” during the first 4 days of its launch last Sunday, and he noted that the initiative targets those who are about to marry, Egyptians and non-Egyptians. On the land of Egypt, to conduct a medical examination, and to obtain a health certificate, which is valid for 6 months from the date of issue.