Health min.: President Sisi attaches great importance to offering all means of support to African brothers

CAIRO - 19 October 2021: Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Monday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attached great importance to offering all means of support to African brothers in various domains.

During the opening of the AFRI Egypt Medical Center for Health Care in Jinja, Uganda, the minister said that cooperation between Egypt and African countries in the health field has been prospering since Egypt's presidency of the African Union in 2019.

The opening ceremony was attended by Acting Chargé d'Affairs at the Egyptian Embassy in Kampala Mohannad Mazara', Mohamed Gad, Advisor to the Health Minister for External Health Relations and Head of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, as well as representatives of the Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA) and Global NAPI Pharmaceuticals company, EVA Pharma company and the Egyptian Company for Investment Projects (ECIP).

Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said that Zayed inspected the center to stand on healthcare services offered to Ugandan citizens.

The center is equipped with the latest diagnostic techniques and treatment methods to provide the best services to patients in Uganda, the spokesman said.

The center also includes bone density scanning, also called dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). This bone densitometry is used to both screen for and diagnose osteoporosis.

The Health Ministry said Monday night that 883 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of infections since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country to 319,339.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said 45 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 18,015.

As many as 639 patients were discharged from hospitals after receiving medical care, taking the number of recoveries to 269,482, the spokesman added.