06 September 2020
Pediatric dialysis unit opened

Health Care inaugurates the Pediatric Oncology and Dialysis Unit at Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital in Port Said

Healthcare: 91 thousand medical services were provided at Al-Nasr Hospital in Port Said during 14 months

Hany Rashid: Oncology treatment is a global challenge.. We base treatment protocols on updated scientific evidence

Amir Al-Talwani: Al-Nasr Specialist Hospital is a medical facility specialized in treating children..and soon the opening of the radiotherapy unit in the hospital

Ahmed Al-Sobki: The political leadership provides all support for the success of the comprehensive health insurance project
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The General Authority for Health Care launched the second scientific day of the Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital for Children of the General Authority for Health Care, the state’s main tool in providing comprehensive health insurance services, which was held on the sidelines of the opening of the dialysis unit for children, as the first dialysis unit serving the beneficiaries of the comprehensive health insurance system in Port Said Governorate. .

The opening came in the presence of Major General Staff of War Adel Al-Ghadban, Governor of Port Said, Dr. Hani Rashid, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Health Care, Dr. Amir Al-Talwani, Executive Director of the Public Authority for Health Care, Dr. Mohamed Fahim Moussa, advisor to the President of the Authority for medical and treatment care affairs, and Dr. Adel Ta’elb, director of the Authority’s branch In Port Said, in response to the children’s families and their families to receive medical service within the governorate, and in the interest of the safety and comfort of children and their families without making them travel outside the governorate.

At the beginning of the conference, Dr. Qutb El-Sayed, Director General of Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital for Children, reviewed the achievements of Al-Nasr Hospital since the start of its comprehensive health insurance system in July 2019 until now, pointing to the newly developed service packages that have been added to the service packages in the Hospitals of the Care Authority, such as beating heart surgeries and heart surgeries with technology Limited intervention and replacement surgeries for the dissected aorta and advanced and complex pediatric cardiac catheters, with the aim of serving the beneficiaries of the comprehensive health insurance system in the governorate in particular and the canal region in general.

While he pointed to the total services provided in the hospital during this period, which included 90,722 medical services, including 72,877 medical and laboratory examinations, in addition to 15,383 emergency services. 1500 cardiac catheters were performed, and 300 open-heart surgeries were performed. The number of neonatal surgeries reached 296, as well as 366 atomic scans performed in the hospital so far.

During the conference, 6 detailed scientific lectures were given regarding the treatment of children’s kidneys and children’s tumors, methods of early detection of tumors, methods of preventing them, radiotherapy mechanisms and appropriate treatment protocols for each patient, which are consistent with the updated treatment protocols for treating oncological patients as well as protocols for treating children with kidney disease and failure The lectures also touched on the importance of presidential initiatives through which people with hepatitis C were discovered and treated, as well as early detection of breast cancer according to the Egyptian Women's Health Initiative.

Dr. Hani Rashid, Vice-President of the General Authority for Health Care, thanked the medical team that participated, through its information, efforts and extensive experience, in the second scientific conference organized by Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital for Children, allowing the transfer and exchange of experiences between the medical staff in the system. He also thanked those in charge of making this scientific conference a success. Pointing out that oncology treatment is a global challenge, and that the strategy of work within the General Authority for Health Care aims to exchange experiences and provide constantly updated scientific evidence, with the aim of early detection of diseases and then developing appropriate treatment protocols and providing medical treatment to beneficiaries.

And "Rashed" added that consultants are contracted in all specialties, especially micro-interventional specialties, for example, but not limited to "cardiology, digestive system and oncology" within all hospitals affiliated with the Health Care Authority, allowing the provision of health service of the highest quality and efficiency to the beneficiaries of the comprehensive health insurance system. In the governorate “without discrimination”, which comes in line with the vision of the political leadership and is consistent with the goals of sustainable development and the Egyptian state’s vision 2030.

Dr. Amir al-Talwani, "Executive Director of the General Authority for Health Care", added during his speech that Al-Nasr Hospital has become a medical edifice of which we are proud, especially after performing major, specialized and skilled operations in it, noting that the Pediatric Dialysis Unit and the Pediatric Oncology Unit at Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital in Port Said reflect the boom The large medical field witnessed in Port Said Governorate after the implementation of the comprehensive health insurance system there, pointing to the opening of the radiotherapy unit at Al-Nasr Hospital soon.

While Dr. Muhammad Fahim Mousa, "Advisor to the Public Authority for Health Care for medical and therapeutic affairs," explained that the concept of comprehensive health insurance is based on social justice and the provision of distinguished medical services to beneficiaries of the comprehensive health insurance system at the highest level of quality and efficiency, pointing out that a number of specialized operations were conducted within Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital, where the number of operations that were performed in the hospital and require skill to perform, reached 1466 operations, as well as 231 advanced and major operations of a special nature, as well as 216 medium and minor operations that were performed in the hospital with a total of 1916 operations, during the period from the start of the trial operation of the health insurance system Total county so far.

During the scientific conference, Dr. Rovana Ali, Director of Marketing and Business Development Department and General Supervisor of Medical Tourism, indicated that the inauguration of the Pediatric Dialysis and Nuclear Medicine Units within Al-Nasr Specialized Hospital for Children reflects the interest of the Public Authority for Health Care