The state seeks to regulate the process of marriage and divorce through the amendments it is making to the Personal Status Law to prevent children from becoming new victims of disputes between the two parties. There are some procedures that the individual must complete before marriage, among them are the pre-marital examinations, the fees for which will be presented.
Tampering with obtaining medical certificates and premarital examinations
Dr. Amal Abdel Hai, Director of the General Department of Motherhood and Childhood at the Ministry of Health, says that premarital examinations are not a new matter, rather they have been in the law for many years, but some families manipulate these examinations to obtain a medical certificate, calling on everyone to conduct the examinations in order to preserve their children. , and find out if some diseases that can be treated before the wedding.
Medical examinations initiative for those about to get married
During her interview with a program from Egypt with the journalist Amr Khalil on the CBC channel, Dr. Amal Abdel Hamid explained that there are some new things in the initiative of medical examinations for those about to get married and early detection of any health diseases, infectious diseases and genetic disease analyzes.
The cost of medical examinations for those about to get married
Amal Abdel Hai, Director of the General Department of Motherhood and Childhood at the Ministry of Health, explained that the medical certificate is obtained by the individual free of charge, but there are some medical examinations that the husband obtains in exchange for paying a symbolic fee of up to 180 pounds, in exchange for conducting 10 analyzes, pointing out that these are not the prices for the analyzes, but rather support them. The state for a large part in order to preserve the health of the community from hereditary diseases and a healthy and physically healthy society.
Regarding the start date of the initiative, the Director of the General Department of Motherhood and Childhood at the Ministry of Health expected that the start of the initiative would take place in mid-February.