Egyptian president follows up on establishment of prosthetics production system

CAIRO – 19 April 2021: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi held a meeting Sunday to determine the executive status of establishing an integrated system for prosthetics production.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli; Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed; Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Qabaj; Healthcare Consultant to the President Awad Taj al-Din; Chairman of the Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement Bahaa El Din Zidan; Chairman of the National Fund for Honoring Martyrs El Sayed El Ghaly; Chairman of Armed Forces Supply and Provision Authority Ahmed al-Seify; Head of the Armed Forces Medical Services Department Magdy Mubarak; and, Chairman of the Armed Forces Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine Eid El Tawil.

In a meeting held Saturday, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued directives to develop the Fustat Park area in Old Cairo to cope with the renovation there, topped by the establishment of the National Museum of the Egyptian Civilization.

The meeting was attended Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and Housing Minister Assem Gazzar, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement.

Radi's statement added the meeting tackled the progress realized so far in a number of national projects of the Housing Ministry, especially with regard to new cities, roads, utilities, and the development of slum areas.

Sisi also directed to work under new mechanisms that were adopted in accomplishing national projects over the recent years away from the bureaucracy.

Gazzar posted Sisi on the progress realized in new cities, including the New Assiut city, New Aswan city, and Mansoura city.

He also sensitized the president to the construction works in the New Administrative Capital and New Alamein city.

The president also stood on the ongoing development of Greater Cairo and Sixth of October as well as Warraq district. The talks also reviewed the Housing Ministry's projects to develop Upper Egypt.

Sisi directed on Saturday to entrench new mechanisms carried out to implement national projects in the past few years, added that the new mechanisms had led to achieving the developmental goals to have a more decent future.

The meeting also tackled the situation of the national projects implemented by the Housing Ministry especially the new cities and the roads, facilities, housing, services, and developing slums domains.