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Articles of the author Hoda Rashwan
Mubarak doctor not informed of transfer to Tora Prison hospital
Former President Hosni Mubarak's doctor said Tuesday that no one has asked him to submit a report about Mubarak's state of health and whether he is capable of being transferred to the hospital at Tora Prison. “If Mubarak is transferred to Tora (...)

07 - 02 - 2012
PM to lead Finance Ministry in national salvation government
Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzoury, who is tasked with forming the new national salvation government, presented his proposals to Hussein Tantawi, president of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, on Thursday. The new government would include six (...)

01 - 12 - 2011
Health minister to reward Tahrir paramedics and doctors
Minister of Health Amr Helmy decided to reward doctors and paramedics who took part in providing aid to injured protesters in Tahrir Square, as well as in the governorates where clashes took place between security forces and protesters last week, (...)

27 - 11 - 2011
Health Ministry denies referring activist to mental hospital
A senior official at the Health Ministry has denied that activist and blogger Maikel Nabil was referred to the Abbasseya Mental Hospital. “The statement by the Psychiatric Health Authority's media department about admitting Nabil in the hospital is (...)

24 - 10 - 2011
Anis Mansour dies at 87
Egyptian author and columnist Anis Mansour passed away in the early hours of Friday morning at the age of 87. Mansour was transferred earlier this week to the intensive care unit in Safa Hospital in Mohandiseen after his health condition (...)

21 - 10 - 2011
Doctors hold health minister responsible for colleague disappearance
Ahmed Atef, the coordinator of Doctors' Youth Coalition, mysteriously disappeared while on duty at Nile Hospital in Shubra, said Engy Abdallah, a doctor and one of the coordinators of an ongoing doctors strike, on Thursday morning. The Doctors' (...)

14 - 10 - 2011
Marriages between Egyptian men and foreign women on the rise
A recent study indicated that the phenomenon of young Egyptian males marrying elderly foreign women is growing in Egypt. The study was prepared by the Prevention of Human Trafficking Unit at the National Council for Childhood and (...)

25 - 09 - 2011
Assistant health minister: Drug crisis fabricated
Assistant Health Minister for Pharmaceutical Affairs Ayman al-Khatieb has announced he has has ordered the formation of a committee to receive complaints regarding unavailable medications and investigate the claim published on the Facebook page (...)

23 - 09 - 2011
Health Minister pledges to increase doctors'' salaries ahead of strike
Egyptian Health and Population Minister Amr Helmy pledged on Thursday to raise doctors' salaries, a promise that comes two days before doctors plan to go on strike for better salaries and working conditions and the end of corruption within the (...)

08 - 09 - 2011
Ministry launches hotline for reporting medicine shortages
Health Minister Amr Helmy has launched a new hotline number - "137" - for citizens to use in reporting shortages of medicines in pharmacies. The number has been created in response to numerous complaints the minister has received from people unable (...)

23 - 08 - 2011
Deputy PM: Revolution demands not achieved yet
The revolution's goals have not yet been achieved, Deputy Prime Minister Ali al-Selmy said Saturday during a meeting with activists and families of people killed during the revolution. Selmy stressed that the current cabinet can achieve these (...)

30 - 07 - 2011
Sharaf: Cabinet reshuffle is first step toward achieving people''s ambitions
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen two deputies, Ali al-Selmy for political development and democratic affairs and Hazem al-Beblawy for economic affairs, said cabinet spokesperson Mohamed Hegazy on Saturday. Hegazy said the choices represent a (...)

17 - 07 - 2011
Mubarak yet to be examined by German medical team, says Health Minister
Egypt's ailing ex-President Hosni Mubarak has not yet been checked by any foreign medical teams, according to statements made by Health Minister Ashraf Hatem on Tuesday. Hatem said Markus Wolfgang Buchler, a German doctor who has been in Cairo since (...)

28 - 06 - 2011
German team to check Mubarak for alleged cancer
A team of German doctors is expected to arrive to the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh to check on the health of former President Hosni Mubarak, following reports that he might have cancer, medical and judicial sources announced. The team (...)

26 - 06 - 2011
Health minister denies Mubarak''s health is declining
The health condition of ousted President Hosni Mubarak has not changed, and the malignant tumor in his stomach has not expanded, said Health Minister Ashraf Hatem. “His health condition is stable,” he said. Mubarak's lawyer Farid al-Deeb had said (...)

20 - 06 - 2011
Egypt reports its first suspected case of E. coli infection
Doctors in Hurghada have reported what they believe could be Egypt's first case of E. coli infection since the recent outbreak of the illness in Europe. A German tourist in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam suffered severe stomach pains and was taken (...)

07 - 06 - 2011
Egypt govt denies epidemic spreading in Red Sea tourist city
The Egyptian tourist town of Gouna in the Red Sea Governorate, southeast of Egypt, was free of epidemic diseases and viral illnesses, the Health Ministry reported. The Health Ministry confirmed on Monday that a report by the Health Ministry earlier (...)

30 - 05 - 2011
Official: Egypt to reject foreign offers for Mubarak medical expenses
Egypt would reject foreign offers to cover the medical expenses of former President Hosni Mubarak, a health ministry official said Tuesday. Assistant Health Minister Abdul Hamid Abaza said the ministry has not yet received bills for Mubarak's (...)

24 - 05 - 2011
Medical committee submits report on Mubarak''s health
Judicial sources said on Tuesday that the newly formed medical committee to determine the health of deposed President Hosni Mubarak examined him at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital on Monday and sent its report to the attorney general. The (...)

24 - 05 - 2011
Arab princes offer to pay Mubarak''s hospital bill
Health Ministry Undersecretary Hisham Shiha said certain princes from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia offered to pay the hospital bill of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, when they heard the Egyptian government would not meet the costs of (...)

23 - 05 - 2011
Doctors to go on strike Tuesday
The Doctors Syndicate said it would organize a strike at all hospitals nationwide on Tuesday because the government has ignored its demands. The doctors demand better salaries and working conditions. They also request that the government allocate 15 (...)

16 - 05 - 2011
Former president''s health stable, says official
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's health became stable on Monday, according to Assistant Minister of Health Adel al-Adawy. However, Adawy said Mubarak suffers from irregular heartbeats, chronic depression and senility. He added that although (...)

16 - 05 - 2011
Suzanne Mubarak heart surgery postponed
Heart surgery scheduled for former Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak on Sunday has been postponed due to health problems. Marine Okasha, a cardiologist at Sharm el-Sheikh hospital, where Mubarak is spending her first days of detention, failed to (...)

16 - 05 - 2011
Military police to protect hospitals following repeated attacks by thugs
Military police will protect and secure the country's medical facilities in a nationwide initiative said Minister of Health Ashraf Hatem. In a statement on Thursday, Hatem said the Health and Interior ministries and the armed forces agreed, after (...)

21 - 04 - 2011
PM Sharaf consults with potential cabinet appointees
Recently appointed Prime Minister Essam Sharaf is reportedly continuing consultations aimed at forming Egypt's new cabinet for the recently-installed caretaker government. Sources say the selections are nearly finalized. In recent days, Sharaf has (...)

06 - 03 - 2011
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