Ministry of Health and Population chaired the meeting of the Supreme Committee for Medical Tourism, to discuss the recommendations that had been accomplished and the special preparations to launch the first electronic platform for health tourism in Egypt, in the presence of representatives of the ministries and concerned authorities, at the Ministry's headquarters in the New Administrative Capital. Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that at the beginning of the meeting, the members of the committee were welcomed, praising their fruitful efforts during the last period, where they reviewed a presentation and a preliminary concept 'Demo' of the form and design of the electronic platform for health tourism, the method of registration on it, and the services that are provided. The platform makes it available to tourists seeking treatment or hospitalization, and directs the rapid completion of the final preparations for the platform, in preparatio n for its launch in the coming period as the first electronic platform for health tourism in Egypt. Abdul Ghaffar pointed out that directives have been given to include all hospitals, health facilities and medical centers that have both local and international accreditation certificates within the electronic platform for health tourism, stressing that the platform is the best example of partnership between the government and private sectors, and it also enhances the supervisory role of the relevant ministries. Which will work within a national entity that will undertake the management, supervision and operation, as well as marketing of the electronic platform. Abdel Ghaffar continued that the recommendations that were accomplished in the first meeting were discussed during the meeting, as the minister praised the cooperation protocols that were concluded with several countries and destinations to promote health tourism in Egypt. A cooperation agreement was concluded with the Egyptian Medical Association in the United Kingdom and the British Egyptian Association to seek the assistance of Egyptian experts abroad in the field of training medical personnel in Egyptian hospitals. A cooperation agreement was also concluded with the Egyptian African Company for Development Projects to use the medical centers it owns in several African countries as marketing centers for the medical tourism project in Egypt. Another cooperation agreement was also concluded with the Commercial Representation Authority. Affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for marketing medical tourism abroad. Source: State Information Service Egypt Syria strongly condemned the brutal crime committed by the Israeli occupation today against Palestinians who were waiting to receive food aid west of Gaza City, noting that most countries and peoples of the world protested against the continuation of genocide in Gaza as the International Court of Justice issued obligatory orders to stop the Israeli massacres, but the US-backed occupation entity confirms that it will not comply with international legitimacy, international law or international humanitarian law. 'The racist Zionist entity has once again revealed its bloody and fascist face through the massacres it has been committing for approximately five months against innocent Palestinian women, children and the elderly, and this morning its fascist forces committed a massacre against the Palestinians who were waiting for weeks humanitarian aid trucks to arrive in southwest Gaza, which claimed the lives of more than 100 while about 1,000 were wounded,' Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement Thu rsday. The Ministry stressed that Syria, which stood by the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip and the West Bank, affirms once again its strong condemnation of the criminals of the Israeli occupation and the crimes they commit, and calls on its supporters to stop this massacre immediately, otherwise they will be an integral part of the humanitarian catastrophe committed by the occupation and all those who support it. Source: Syrian Arab News Agency
