Dr. Hazem Khamis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization, revealed that we have established the largest center in Egypt and the Middle East for the heart of athletes, explaining that every Egyptian must examine his son’s heart when he wants to engage in any competitive sports activity to avoid sudden death. He added that examining the hearts of athletes prevents 90% of the causes of death of players in stadiums.
For his part, Dr. Hani Rashid said, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Health Care: “The experience of the Corona virus represented an unprecedented impetus for the use of technology in the health fields through means of diagnosis and telemedicine, as well as the creation and management of national health databases and their analysis to increase the ability of countries to activate mechanisms to combat the spread of the epidemic and enhance interaction positive relations between citizens and the health system.
He added: “Two years have passed since the President of the Republic announced the official launch of the comprehensive health insurance system, a dream that Egyptians had for decades, until the political leadership adopted it out of its belief in the inevitability of providing an insurance umbrella for all Egyptian citizens alike, to enable them to obtain all health services. With high quality and efficiency, to enable them to obtain all health services with high quality and efficiency.”
He said: “Through a set of presidential initiatives for public health, led by the 100 Million Health Initiative, which was considered by the World Health Organization, the initiative carried out the largest medical survey in history, Egypt was able to eliminate Hepatitis C and localize the modern pharmaceutical industry used to treat the virus.”
He explained: “The comprehensive health insurance system has expanded to include 3 governorates, namely Port Said, Luxor and Ismailia, in addition to preparing a systematic plan consistent with the vision of the political leadership to put Egypt on the medical tourism map by launching the slogan (We take care of you in Egypt), as the first brand of medical tourism in General Authority hospitals. For health care, to ensure the provision of the best level of medical services provided to expatriates in accordance with international and international standards.