1.7M surgeries performed as part of presidential initiative to end waiting list

Cairo - 24 May 2023: The Health and Population Ministry announced that 1.7 million surgeries have been conducted as part of the presidential initiative to end waiting lists in Egypt that was launched in July 2018.

In a statement on Wednesday, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said that the surgeries include cardiac catheterization, open heart operations, eye surgeries, neurological surgeries, orthopedic surgeries and oncology surgeries.