Counselor Hanafi Gabali, Speaker of the House of Representatives, adjourned the plenary session, and it is scheduled to convene tomorrow, Tuesday, a session allocated by the House of Representatives to monitor the health system in Egypt. And requests to discuss the conditions of hospitals, both from the lack of doctors and supplies, and the control of the drug market, which suffers from chaos in the dispensing of medicines and the high prices of treatment in private hospitals.
As for the details of the confrontation session, it will start with 79 requests for briefing and questions, and 3 requests for discussion from MPs about the poor medical service in hospitals and health units as a result of the lack and deterioration of medical facilities, the lack of medical equipment and supplies, the shortage of doctors and their poor conditions, followed by 9 briefing requests, a request for a general discussion, and a question about the implementation of the insurance system. Health and the difficulty of conducting medical examinations to obtain an integrated services card for people with special needs.
The confrontation continues by submitting 6 briefing requests, a question, and a discussion request about the licensing of private pharmacies and the chaos of drug dispensing, and the government’s policy regarding controlling the drug market to ensure the provision of medicine to citizens and assigning doctors, in addition to 6 briefing requests and 6 discussion requests about the absence of oversight over private hospitals and clinics, and the policy of The government regarding setting standards for pricing medical services in hospitals and raising the prices of treatment in private hospitals.