Minister of Health

03:27 PM

Tuesday, 06 August 2024

Books – Ahmed Gomaa:

Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, said that the Medical Professions Company is making all the preparations and started in 1984 through 4 factories for heart medicines, antibiotics, and insulin .

He said, at the press conference currently held at the headquarters of the Professional Medical Company, that Ecadima exports products to 80 countries and produces about one billion package out of the 4 billion that Egypt consumes every year, indicating that Egypt has been affected in the past year. with the change in the price of the work.

The Minister of Health and Population pointed out that Egypt produces 91% of its needs in Egypt, and that it is on the way to cooperation to improve the pharmaceutical industry that has imported from abroad to be produced locally, indicating that Egyptian production depends on the production of goods from abroad.

Abdel Ghaffar announced that the drug crisis has started to end, with companies reaching the appropriate storage level and factories working at full capacity to feed the market with all the medicines and their contradictions, noting that all companies that incorporate began to do so after the money was available.

The Minister of Health called on citizens not to stockpile medicines, noting that 350,000 packages were pumped within 48 hours and that 900,000 packages will be imported for distribution on the market, indicating that there is no complete self-sufficiency of insulin medication.

He pointed out that the Acdima factory is one of the largest insulin production factories and that its capacity reaches 18 million packages per year, in addition to the Sedico company that produces 4 million per year and its needs 27 million portfolios per year, but it is influenced by the companies. the importation of the raw material resulted in its unavailability.

He noted that some patients believe that the local medicine is not as effective as the imported one, and this is wrong, because the raw material comes from the same companies and that the local medicine is produced effectively and efficiently, and the Egyptian Medicines Authority is responsible. to ensure the effectiveness of the medicine.

He explained that the drug crisis is on the way to be solved, and within the next 3 months there will be progress, and production lines have started working at full capacity, and the citizen will feel this past few weeks.

06:56 PM

Monday, August 5, 2024

Qalyubia – Osama Abdel Rahman:

Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister for Human Development and Minister of Health and Population, led the development of the Al-Khanka Mental Health Hospital on an area of ​​170 acres, to become the first integrated medical city for mental health, addiction. treatment, and old people in Egypt.

This came during the inspection visit of the Minister today, Monday, together with Engineer Ayman Attia, the Governor of Qalyubia, to continue the progress of work in the hospital and review the medical services provided to patients.

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the hospital, after its development, will include all curative, preventive and oncology services, as well as mental health and addiction services, with a total capacity of 1,800 beds, including 300 beds for curative and preventive services, 2 serial accelerators for oncology treatment, and 1,500 beds for mental health services.

The Minister began his visit by inspecting the hospital’s outpatient clinics building, which includes psychiatric clinics for adults and children, to ensure the availability and consistency of medical staff. of work, as the clinics receive around 300 patients per day.

The Minister inspected the hospital’s main pharmacy and reviewed the medication distribution system and availability, as shortages of some medications were found. The Minister immediately contacted the United Purchasing Authority of Egypt to provide the required medicines, and asked hospital officials to follow up on the matter.

The Minister also reviewed the consistency of pharmacy work at the hospital, which includes 25 pharmacists, and inspected one of the buildings under construction which includes patient clinics. -outside, administrative building, and housing for doctors. The Minister led the investigation into establishing an emergency hospital to provide advanced medical services to patients without needing to be transferred to other hospitals.

The minister also inspected the harm reduction unit, observation rooms, investment and harem departments, electroconvulsive therapy rooms, and the addiction treatment department.

The hospital’s capacity is 1,400 beds, and it includes clinics that serve patients in the internal department, such as dentistry, internal medicine, dermatology, surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and nose and throat clinics. Addiction, psychology, harm reduction, viruses, and community medicine clinics, finding proof of disability, as well as radiology services and brain rhythm management unit.

The Minister wanted to talk to patients visiting the clinics, the observation rooms, and the addiction treatment department, and he listened to their requests and led work to implement them.