Egypt: Committee for the Defense of the right to health « .. Accuses » mountain « causing the spread of avian flu and swine

3/8/2009

The Committee for the Defense of the Right to health and the spread of bird flu and swine flu in Egypt . ‬ accused Dr. Hatem el-Gabali Minister of Health to close 270 hospital for fevers out 160 hospital and transfer of patients to departments in public hospitals in the face of bird flu . added report that has been reduced allocation for the Ministry of Health in the face of the epidemic 3.2% rather than 3.4% in the previous year .

The report emphasized the failure of the private sector in the face of the epidemic, which does not have only 120 hospital not only increase the number of the family on 50 beds .

The report of the Committee that the plan of the Ministry of Health to address the epidemic in 2006 estimated needs Egypt Butlaosmaip A bed does not have only half and the number of government hospitals 126 government hospital, including hospital diets, which the ministry tried to rescind the earlier .

The report emphasized that the vulnerability of Egypt to the spread of and B influenza in the coming period are significantly, underestimated and warned of the risk of disease, especially in the possibility of » mutate «. called the Committee for the Defense Health described the need to double the budget of the Ministry and the provision of health service based on good ingredients work to provide the sound and the head amend the salaries of doctors .

The report need the government had backtracked on privatization schemes and compliance with the provisions of the judiciary's decision to halt the establishment of the Egyptian Holding Company for health reform, law and stop the passage of the privatization of health insurance the new ministry is now prepared with » Hot « British, and the Commission's report warned that the project aims to transform the comprehensive package of insurance services at current partially completed package by » insurance policies « especially for the benefit of multiple private insurance companies .

The report emphasized that the opportunities for the involvement of citizens by a quarter and one third of the price of the service, plus their contributions to aimed at preventing citizens from receiving service