The initiative includes oncology, heart, brain, nerves, bones, ophthalmology, blood vessels, peripheral catheterization, and transplantation of "kidneys, liver and cochlea"

Public Treasury has made available to the Ministry of Health and Population more than one billion pounds of additional financial allocations within the social protection package

Immediate start of treatment for 60 thousand cases of low-income people who do not have insurance coverage at the expense of the state

Providing the rest of the required funds according to the needs of the health sector at an initial total cost of EGP3 billion pounds

Treatment of 2 million and 355 thousand cases annually in all governorates with the support and backing of the state budget and health institutions

 

 

Mr. Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, and Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister for Human Development, Minister of Health and Population, reviewed the executive position of the presidential mandate to support the treatment budget at the expense of the state to end the waiting lists for all critical cases in all governorates, as part of the recent social protection package, which was more targeted to the most vulnerable and low-income groups in a way that contributes to reducing the living burdens on citizens.

 

A joint statement by the Ministries of Finance, Health and Population said that the Public Treasury has made available more than one billion pounds of additional financial allocations scheduled within the social protection package to the Ministry of Health and Population to immediately start treating 60,000 cases of low-income people who do not have insurance coverage, at the expense of the state, with a commitment to manage the rest of the required financial allocations in this regard according to the needs of the health sector at an initial total cost of EGP 3 billion pounds, pointing out that this initiative includes oncology, heart, brain, nerves, bones, cerebral catheterization, peripheral catheterization, cardiovascular catheterization, kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, and cochlear implantation.

 

The statement explained that, with the support and backing of the state budget and health institutions, 2 million and 355 thousand cases are treated annually in various medical specialties in all governorates, pointing out that the treatment allocations have been increased at the expense of the state by about 3 billion pounds from March to June 2025 to speed up the completion of waiting lists with a focus on treating the largest number of cases during the holy month of Ramadan and April in conjunction with Eid al-Fitr.