Surgery - CC via Pixabay/sasintResults breakdown of '100 Million Healthy Lives' CAIRO - 16 February 2019: Egypt Today acquired from Executive Manager of the National Committee for Control of Viral Hepatitis (NCCVH) the results of the first and second phases of the nationwide "100 Million Healthy Lives" launched by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. CAIRO - 27 March 2019: The Ministry of Health and Population carried out surgeries for 118,000 patients in critical conditions and is seeking to provide the service for the remaining patients before the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.That comes within a presidential initiative launched last year to eliminate waiting lists as soon as possible. Those include hospitals affiliated with the Police, the Armed Forces and NGOs, the International Medical Center, Wadi Al Nile Hospital, and specialized hospitals. Once the health insurance hospitals are renovated, they will be part of the initiative.The recent move will also inhibit the build-up of other waiting lists, particularly those pertinent to open heart surgeries, heart catheterizations, and eye surgeries. The minister also instructed the committee in charge to follow up with patients who are on the waiting lists but did not come to the designated hospitals to receive treatment.The ministry is also redistributing patients among governorates so that patients from crowded governorates receive treatment in nearby less condensed ones.

Source: Egypt Today March 27, 2019 12:11 UTC