More than 2.7 million surgical procedures performed under Presidential initiative of ending waiting list

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 - 12:12 GMT

Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesperson for the ministry, reported that 290,226 calls were received via the initiative’s dedicated hotline from patients seeking care. From July 1, 2023, to July 8, 2025, the ministry followed up on 257,600 cases.

Egypt's health ministry announces number of expedite surgeries carried out since 2018 to eliminate waiting lists

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 - 03:08 GMT

The initiative was launched by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in 2018.

350k surgeries performed as part of Sisi initiative to deal with waiting lists

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 - 12:06 GMT

Zayed announced conducting 349,775 urgent surgeries as part of an initiative launched by President Sisi to avoid waiting list problems in July 2018.

Waiting List initiative: More than 300K surgeries conducted

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 - 09:09 GMT

Catheterizations topped the performed surgeries by 42 percent followed by ocular surgeries by 33.8 percent, the statement continued.