The parliamentary Health Committee agreed to hold meetings in participation with all concerned parties to develop 377 small medical units across 16 governorates in the next period. She added that the aim behind establishing the small medical units was to alleviate pressure on public hospitals in cities and governorates by enabling medical units in villages and remote areas. The Doctors Syndicate has objected to offering the small medical units to investors, arguing that doing so will increase health services’ costs. The Doctors Syndicate also presented suggestions on the optimal utilisation of the small medical units. The syndicate’s suggestion included studying areas most in need of health services, developing the small medical units in these areas, while enabling the private sector to be involved in small medical units in areas that already have good hospitals and turn them into training and research centres in order to raise the quality of medical teams.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 17, 2017 13:07 UTC