By Manal Abdel Fattah
The Health Care Authority, headed by Dr. Ahmed Al-Sabki, Chairman of the Health Care Authority and General Supervisor of the Comprehensive Health Insurance and Decent Life projects at the Ministry of Health and Population, received Mr. Gareth Bailey, the British Ambassador to Cairo, during his visit to a number of the Authority’s facilities in Aswan Governorate.
The Authority’s statement explained that during the visit, the various departments of the unit were inspected, the patient’s journey within the facility was learned, the nature of the services provided by the unit, which represent 80% of the medical services that the citizen needs, and the criteria for referring cases that need an advanced level of health care to hospitals, whether Which provide secondary or tertiary services.
Ambassador Bailey also met with the unit’s medical and administrative staff, and surveyed citizens’ opinions about the level of medical service provided to them on the ground, who praised the level of service provided to them.
Ambassador Bailey praised the quality of services provided by the Family Medicine Unit in the village of Mansouriya, stressing the importance of these services in improving the health of citizens, saying, “Although the unit is located in a simple village, it provides distinguished medical services with the highest international quality standards, and all of this is the result of the efforts of the General Authority for Health Care under Comprehensive health insurance umbrella.
Ambassador Bailey also praised the cooperation between Egypt and the United Kingdom in the field of health, stressing his country’s keenness to support the efforts of the Egyptian state to improve the level of health services provided to citizens.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Al-Sabki, Chairman of the Health Care Authority and General Supervisor of the Comprehensive Health Insurance and Decent Life projects at the Ministry of Health and Population, appreciated the praise of the British Ambassador to Cairo, and said: This praise reflects the quality of medical service within the facilities of the General Health Care Authority, stressing the strong bridges of trust. Joint and fruitful cooperation between Egypt and the United Kingdom.
The head of the Health Care Authority pointed out that Egypt and Britain adopt a single methodology for primary health care, and the family health model is the main entry point for insurance health coverage, pointing out that the first delegation of family doctors to the Health Care Authority was trained in England at the beginning of the launch of the comprehensive health coverage system in Egypt.
