The Minister of Health receives the Ambassador of Qatar to discuss strengthening joint health cooperation
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, received today, Sunday, Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Cairo, to discuss enhancing cooperation in the health fields, at the ministry’s headquarters in the new capital.
At the beginning of the meeting, the two sides stressed the depth of the fraternal relations between Egypt and Qatar, and the keenness of the leaderships of the two countries to expand the horizons of partnership in the health sector.
The doctor explained. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the ministry’s official spokesman, said that the meeting dealt with activating the memorandum of understanding signed between the ministries of health in the two countries, and reviewing opportunities for cooperation in several main axes, including:
• Transferring Qatari expertise in innovation and medical simulation by establishing an advanced simulation center similar to the “Itqan” Center. Qatar, one of the 3 largest global centers in this field
• Signing a cooperation agreement between “Aspetar” Hospital The Qatari specialist in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery, and the National Institute for the Musculoskeletal and Nervous System in Egypt, to exchange scientific and research experiences
• Strengthening joint coordination to provide medical and humanitarian aid to the Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip
• Developing cooperation in the field of “telemedicine” And the use of modern technology and the exchange of successful experiences.
For his part, the Qatari ambassador expressed his country’s aspiration to expand cooperation with Egypt in existing health programs and develop new fields, stressing the keenness to implement joint partnership plans as quickly as possible.
The meeting was attended from the Egyptian side by Dr. Amr Qandil, Deputy Minister, Engineer Sherif Mostafa, Assistant Minister for National Projects, Dr. Zainab Al-Sadr, Dr. Muhammad Abdel-Hakim, Dr. Dalia Rashid, and Dr. Aisha Salman, and from the Qatari side. Maryam Al-Shaibi, Deputy Ambassador, and Khaled Al-Ibrahim, Advisor to the Embassy.
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