Egypt’s government plans to pump investments worth LE75 billion in fiscal year 2023/24, accounting for 4.6 per cent of the state’s total investments to continue upgrading and improving the nation’s health services.
Egypt’s healthcare sector has remarkably boomed over the past decade, whether in terms of state investments or initiatives launched. The state has built and upgraded a large number of hospitals in many governorates across the country.
Moreover, the state is working on upgrading the healthcare sector by scaling up investment as well as increasing the number of hospital beds and launching medical centers and primary health care units nationwide.
The state has eliminated Hepatitis C and scrapped waiting lists, which has marked a major breakthrough over the past decade.
The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has unveiled plans to upgrade 68 existing hospitals and 55 primary care units within the framework of the comprehensive health insurance project in fiscal year 2023/24, ending June 30.
The government will develop and equip 15 more hospitals and 105 primary care units as part of Egypt’s Urban Communities Development Programme.
The state will also launch new nine hospitals in fiscal year 2023/24, adding 2,700 beds, 22 nurseries, 93 surgery rooms and 100 kidney failure dialysis units.
The government will also complete construction works of 46 more hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Population across the country.
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