Cairo: Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, followed up on the efforts of the Supreme Medical Committee and the Cabinet’s emergency response, which took place during the first quarter of 2025, through a report prepared by Dr. Hossam Al-Masry, the medical advisor to the Prime Minister and head of the committee.
According to State Information Service Egypt, the Prime Minister praised the committee’s efforts and achievements during the first quarter of this year, directing that its effective role in monitoring medical emergencies and providing health services across various important areas for all citizens at the level of different governorates be continued, according to the circumstances of each case.
Dr. Hossam Al-Masry explained in the report that the Supreme Medical Committee was keen during the mentioned period to respond quickly and effectively to citizens; its efforts included monitoring and responding to 3,484 medical emergencies via the “WhatsApp” application, media, and various social media platforms. Those cases were dealt with promptly.
Al-Masry added that the swift response to the identified emergencies included issuing 634 decisions for treatment at the state’s expense by the Prime Minister. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2025, the committee worked to provide medical procedures for 147 cases requiring CyberKnife and Gamma Knife treatments. It also issued 146 decisions related to half-matched bone marrow transplants.
The head of the Supreme Medical Committee and emergency response also noted that 141 decisions for emergency cases were issued by the Prime Minister, as well as providing medication for a total of 480 emergencies that were monitored and dealt with.
As part of the committee’s efforts to provide optimal medical care, prosthetic limbs and assistive devices were fitted for 200 cases. Furthermore, check-ups were conducted for 13,380 citizens as part of the committee’s convoys across several governorates, in cooperation and coordination with civil society organizations.
Al-Masry confirmed that the medical procedures and needs provided during the first quarter of 2025 were not limited to the aforementioned, as they included: orthopedic and joint surgeries, heart diseases, tumor removal and treatment, liver transplant diseases and surgeries, urological surgeries, pediatric and cardiac surgeries for children, respiratory diseases, and spinal and vertebral surgeries.
The head of the Supreme Medical Committee and emergency response reviewed in his report the key files that were focused on and worked on during the first quarter of 2025, explaining that monitoring emergencies on social media and various media platforms topped those files; the committee regularly responds to the medical emergencies published by citizens, communicates with the cases, receives their medical reports from government, university, and military hospitals, and presents them to the Supreme Medical Committee at the Cabinet to determine the need for rapid intervention, with the aim of providing necessary medical services and contributing to the treatment costs at the state’s expense for priority cases.
The committee is also concerned with developing field monitoring sources and participating in medical convoys to the most needy villages; the Supreme Medical Committee and the Cabinet’s emergency response collaborated with the “A Decent Life” Foundation and several civil society organizations that provide medical services and university hospitals to organize numerous medical convoys for the villages of the presidential initiative “A Decent Life” and the most needy villages, covering most governorates across the republic.
Dr. Hossam Al-Masry also noted in the report the files related to specific medical interventions, including half-matched bone marrow transplants, provision of assistive devices, and Gamma Knife surgeries; decisions for treatment at the state’s expense are issued by the Prime Minister for these cases after monitoring and studying them.
Al-Masry confirmed that the medical committee is addressing the issue of shortages of certain medications with care. During the first quarter of this year, emergencies related to shortages of some medications were monitored, and citizens were guided to places where these medications or suitable alternatives could be obtained through coordination with the relevant authorities. Additionally, several decisions for state-funded medications listed within state funding protocols were issued through specialized medical councils. The committee continued to coordinate for some cases outside state funding and the health insurance umbrella with relevant civil society organizations.
The head of the committee also pointed out in his report the committee’s commitment to establishing mechanisms for communication and cooperation with various government entities to enhance coordination regarding medical cases, highlighting the attention the Supreme Medical Committee and emergency response at the Cabinet pay to the medical awareness file. The committee intensified medical awareness publications through its official page on the “Facebook” application and launched a campaign to educate patients with chronic diseases during Ramadan through a series of tips published periodically.
In conclusion, Dr. Hossam Al-Masry reviewed several examples of the committee’s responses throughout the first quarter of 2025 in various governorates, which included performing surgical operations, providing high-cost stents, fitting prosthetic limbs, supplying medications, and other urgent interventions.