Egypt launches Eid al-Adha medical plan across all governorates

Egypt's Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, announced the commencement of a nationwide medical insurance plan specifically for the Eid al-Adha holiday. This initiative aims to safeguard public health and ensure swift responses to any emergencies that may arise across all of the country's governorates.

The plan encompasses a broad range of services, including the strengthening of preventive and treatment care, alongside emergency response capabilities. Medical security will be enhanced along highways, referral hospitals will be identified, and rapid response teams will be deployed. The ministry also emphasized boosting the readiness of medical supplies and activating 24-hour monitoring rooms to oversee the situation.

Readiness levels have been elevated in all hospitals, with particular attention paid to coastal and highway facilities. The plan includes increasing the number of doctors and nursing staff, and organizing shifts in surgery and intensive care units to ensure continuous coverage. Primary healthcare services will also continue, with 238 outlets operating for formula milk distribution and 47 facilities providing pre-marriage screening. Additionally, 26 mobile medical convoys will be deployed near mosques and public parks.

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The plan includes strengthening preventive, treatment, and emergency services, in addition to securing highways medically, identifying referral hospitals, deploying rapid response teams, and boosting medical supply readiness, alongside activating 24/7 monitoring rooms.

Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, stated that the plan guarantees the availability of essential resources such as oxygen and ICU beds, along with necessary medications. Poison control centers and the 24/7 emergency hotline (137) are fully prepared. The Egyptian Ambulance Authority has mobilized 1,673 ambulances, strategically positioned at mosques, parks, and major roads, supported by 11 river and marine rescue boats.

Preventive measures extend to intensified monitoring of drinking water and swimming pools, rapid response protocols for food poisoning cases, and enhanced vector control campaigns. The Universal Health Insurance Authority facilities, comprising 287 family medicine units and 39 hospitals, are also prepared for rapid intervention and coordination with ambulance services. Central monitoring teams are directed to conduct field inspections and maintain full communication with governorate operations rooms to ensure effective implementation and immediate responses.

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The plan ensures oxygen availability, ICU bed support, medication supplies, in addition to full readiness of poison control centers and the emergency hotline (137), which operates 24/7.