Chairperson of the Egypt Healthcare Authority, General Supervisor of the Comprehensive Health Insurance and Decent Life projects at the Ministry of Health and Population, Ahmed El-Sobky, announced that the healthcare infrastructure in the governorates of the first phase of the Comprehensive Health Insurance System amounted to more than EGP 34bn. He indicated that the cost of the comprehensive health insurance project in the governorates of the first phase exceeded EGP 53bn. This coincided with the passage of 4 years since the launch of the trial operation of the comprehensive health insurance system from Port Said governorate, in early July 2019. He pointed out that the first phase includes the development of more than 50 hospitals and more than 300 family medicine centres and units in six governorates. El-Sobky also said that the completion of the comprehensive health insurance project and its extension to the rest of the governorates is a top priority for the state.
