CAIRO, Sept 6, 2018 (MENA) – Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli had talks on Thursday with Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar on the role of universities' hospitals in putting an end to waiting lists of patients that should undergo surgeries. Madbouli said President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has given directives to put an end to this file under plans to upgrade health services and secure needed health care for all citizens. Abdel Ghaffar said a high committee for following up waiting lists was formed alongside sub-committees in various universities' hospitals. About 6,553 cases on the waiting lists underwent their surgeries from July till September 2018.