CAIRO, August 3, 2018 (MENA) – Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed held a meeting Thursday night with the follow-up committee assigned to end the waiting lists of patients of critical medical conditions as part of the newly-declared comprehensive health insurance system that was launched by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi during the Sixth National Youth Conference. Assistant Health Minister for Therapeutic Medicine Affairs, who also chairs the follow- up committee, Ahmed el Qased, Head of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority Ahmed el Ansari, Assistant Health Minister for Financial and Administrative Affairs Sayyed el Sahed, as well as representatives of the Health Insurance Authority, Al Zakat House, the Central Bank of Egypt and Orman Society attended the meeting. During the meeting, the minister decided to form four sub-committees with the aim of monitoring and following up the implementation of the project to end waiting lists of patients of critical medical conditions and those who are in urgent need of surgical intervention including those suffering from heart, kidney, eye brain or neurological problems or require organ transplants or cancer surgeries. The new sub-committees will be assigned with the tasks of logistical support to the system, the technical support, management and governance of the system, financial affairs along with forming a unit of strategic planning for the project.
