medicine
Production of 700 medicines suspended due to losses
Business
January 12, 2014
Production of 700 medicines suspended due to losses
Awad Gabr, chairman of the Export Council of Medical Industries warned Sunday of shortage in a large number of medicines…
Auditor recommends pharmaceuticals holding company face prosecution
Egypt
January 9, 2013
Auditor recommends pharmaceuticals holding company face prosecution
The Central Auditing Organization recommended Wednesday that officials from the Holding Company for Pharmaceuticals be referred to the Public Funds…
Internal rift apparent as Doctors Syndicate plans strike
Egypt
September 23, 2012
Internal rift apparent as Doctors Syndicate plans strike
Doctors affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood stormed out of a Doctors Syndicate meeting on Friday, after disagreements over a strike slated to…
Clinic in Zamalek seeks holistic approach to medicine
Health & Fitness
February 25, 2012
Clinic in Zamalek seeks holistic approach to medicine
A trip to the doctor’s office can at times be dreadful. A patient has to block a period of one…
Q&A with Sherine Hamdy: Organ transplants, Islam and the struggle for human dignity in Egypt
Health & Fitness
January 15, 2012
Q&A with Sherine Hamdy: Organ transplants, Islam and the struggle for human dignity in Egypt
Many accounts of Egypt’s black market organ trade have surfaced over the years when youths with shoddy scars would describe…
Shortages of medicine, say doctors
Egypt
January 2, 2012
Shortages of medicine, say doctors
There is a shortage of 25 types of medicine for tumors, the heart, the chest and intensive care purposes, medical…
Penicillin shortage takes toll on ill Egyptians
Egypt
September 22, 2011
Penicillin shortage takes toll on ill Egyptians
A shortage of penicillin on the local market is making it hard for many critically ill Egyptians to get the…
Egypt, Germany to build medical center for crash victims
Egypt
August 25, 2011
Egypt, Germany to build medical center for crash victims
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf agreed on Thursday with a number of German medical experts to build a specialized center in…
Health minister: Committee to investigate Abbasseya victim death
Egypt
August 5, 2011
Health minister: Committee to investigate Abbasseya victim death
Health Minister Amr Helmy on Friday ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the death of Mohamed Mohsen Ahmed,…
Fearing nuclear effects, Egypt bans Japan medicine imports
Egypt
June 1, 2011
Fearing nuclear effects, Egypt bans Japan medicine imports
Egypt's Ministry of Health on Wednesday decided to toughen precautionary measures concerning medicine and chemical imports from Japan and neighboring…