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Boosting health cooperation - Egypt to send 600 doctors to Libya

Global Arab Network - - Gamal Ragay

Saturday, 19 June 2010 11:36

Egypt and Libya has signed the minutes of health cooperation agreement to send 600 Egyptian doctors to Libya.

Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali and his Libyan counterpart Mohammed Hegazi signed the minutes that call for sending 600 Egyptian doctors to Libya as a first batch to meet the country's health needs.

As per the minutes, Egypt is to supply Libya with efficient medical cadres to work in three hospitals to be opened in September.

It is worth noting, that Egypt investments implemented in the health service field during reached approx. LE 2.5 billion, of which LE1.7 billion were implemented by the Egyptian government and economic agencies accounting for 70.8 percent of total investments allocated for this program.

Egypt spends 3.7 percent of its gross domestic product on health including treatment costs 22 percent incurred by citizens and the rest by the state.

Egypt Health Services Indicators:
- Number of public and central hospitals mounted to 387.
- Number of rural hospitals mounted to 1192.
- Number of beds at the Ministry of Health hospitals mounted to 170,000.
- Vaccination coverage for children aged 12 months reached 98 percent.
Expenditure on Health
- Wireless coverage of emergency and intensive care units were extended to 27 governments.
- Number of basic care health units mounted to 4680 comprising health offices and integrated hospitals.
- A national blood transfusion center has been established and is now operating in Cairo, in addition to seven regional centers in governorates.
- Thirty blood transfusion centers have already been revamped and outfitted countrywide, while the upgrading of 16 other centres is underway.
- Fifty outfitted blood donation and distribution vehicles to governorates have been provided.
- Number of physicians mounted to 145,000 of whom 58,829 are MOH-registered.
- Number of dentists mounted to 18,200 of whom 7.631 are MOH-registered.
- Number of pharmacists mounted to 37,500 of whom 4,345 are MOH-registered.
- Number of nursing staff reached 176,000 of whom 93,931 are MOH –registered.

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