The Minister of Health chairs the meeting of the Supreme Committee for Care of Stroke Patients

Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, chaired the meeting of the Supreme Committee for Stroke, in the presence of representatives of the relevant authorities, to discuss the & laquo project, care of patients with stroke in Egypt: the national network & raquo; in a move aimed at enhancing the speed of medical intervention in these cases and reducing deaths and disabilities, in line with the state’s efforts to improve the quality of health care provided For citizens. It is reflected positively on reducing death rates and reducing the complications of the disease. Then. And the average. They are more than 50 years old, only 12.7% of the population, but the incidence of stroke in young people reaches 20.5%. Strokes, in addition to laboratory tests, acute stroke care, long -term psychological and rehabilitation support, secondary prevention, support for care providers and promotion of community awareness.

Abdel Ghaffar explained that the national stroke network will take over coordination at the level of the Republic, by preparing an integrated strategy to provide diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, along with as well Development of a national database to monitor stroke cases and follow up on performance indicators such as death rates, intervention time and disability rates, in addition to unifying standards and protocols in cooperation with the Egyptian Health Council and the World Health Organization, with a focus on capacity building through training cadres and supplying the necessary medical devices, and implementing awareness campaigns in partnership with the ministries of education, youth and sports.

added Abdul Ghaffar that the minister directed at the conclusion of the meeting the necessity of evaluating the available capabilities and distributing resources in accordance with international standards and population densities, to ensure speed of access to patients throughout the Republic, stressing the preparation of a unified booklet that includes technical and construction specifications for stroke care units, lists of qualified consultants, and details of hospital capabilities in terms of family, equipment, medicine, and medicines, With the necessity of registering all cases of stroke at the level of the Republic and the automation of the system in full and linking the relevant authorities electronically to ensure the speed of information exchange and improve the medical response. The soldier consultant psychiatric and neurological diseases at the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Sherif Wadih, Advisor to the Minister for Emergency and Urgent Care, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Medical Research Ethics Review, Dr. Khaled Mohamed Sobh, Professor of Neurosurgery at Al -Azhar University Hospitals, Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Tamara, Medical Adviser to the Ministry of Social Solidarity, and Dr. Mohamed Saeed Al -Sanafiri, Assistant Executive Director of Affairs, Development and Assessment of Clinical Services in the General Care Authority Health, Dr. Al -Sayed Al -Aqda, a member of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Accreditation and Health Supervision, Dr. Rasha Salah El -Din Jalal, Director General of the General Administration for Registration and Licensing of Food Products at the National Food Safety Authority, Dr. Abeer Fattouh Al -Beheiri, Director General of the General Administration of Pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Practices at the Egyptian Drug Authority, and Dr. Amal Samir Sidrak, the work of the head of the Central Department of Medical Technology at the Unified purchase Authority, and Dr. Suhair Faraj, Director General in the human development budget sector at the Ministry of Finance, and Mr. Gamal Abdel -Mawla, Director General of the General Administration of Biological Statistics at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics.

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