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Egypt - New law requiring all hospitals to treat emergency patients at no cost for the first 48 hours

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Doctors" demanding mechanisms to activate the decision to treat emergency .. put a specific definition of emergency .. restructuring work in the intensive care unit .. and activate the control mechanism on real private hospitals
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Sunday 06 / July 2014 / - 15:47
Prime Minister Eng.
Prime Minister Engineer Ibrahim Mahlab
Reham Said

After the decision of Prime Minister Engineer Ibrahim Mahlab number "1063" for the year 2014, which stipulates the obligation of all medical facilities, university and private investment licensed created in accordance with the provisions of Law No. "51" for the year 1981, and the hospitals of the public sector companies and public business sector, providing treatment services for emergencies and accident free for a period of "48" hours, the choice then the patient or his family to survive the facility at its own expense wages specific advertised or safe transportation to the nearest government hospital. decree also stated that the State bears the costs of treatment of balancing treatment at the expense of the state, may not transfer the patient only after coordination with emergency rooms central or regional authorities or others, to provide a place for his health in all circumstances. describe Dr. Hossam Kamal, a member of the Council of the Medical Association, the decision of the treatment of the Victims of emergency for 48 hours in all hospitals historic decision and good, explaining that it is unreasonable claim patient emergency payment paid for his treatment, and that the decision was made ​​to treat emergencies for free to all hospitals for 24 hours since the days of Hatem mountain, and former Minister of Health, but it is not enabled. pointed out in a statement to "veto" on Sunday, the need for a mechanism to implement the resolution and provide possibilities in hospitals to accommodate as much of an emergency, for example, a patient in need of a respirator and went to the hospital does not have a respirator will not be accepted. called for the need to restructure the work in the room emergency and rapid coordination and Thematic between hospitals and some of them for the transfer of the patient in the hospital again addressed his otherwise the decision will be ink on paper in the absence of activation. explained that private hospitals are also obliged to treat emergencies for free, and called for activating the mechanism to control real private hospitals also demanded the presence of a specific definition of emergencies, including "nurseries and intensive care, fractures, bleeding and heart attacks," and so the situations that would apply under the law. confirmed doctors' syndicate it awaits conversion decision into reality, which can not be achieved without providing the potential to run in public hospitals to enable them to accommodate these situations, and to provide proper treatment, as well as tighter controls on private hospitals to ensure their commitment to the implementation of decision. For his part, Dr. Adel infection, Minister of Health and Population, the project treat emergency patients the first 48 hours free, needs to follow up its implementation on the ground, through field visits sudden and password league on hospitals to ensure their commitment to the application. noted the Minister of Health during a meeting him with the leaders of the ministry yesterday that there is coordination between the ambulance and hospital emergency room in the ministry, where the movement of ambulances, emergency hospitals affiliated to the ministry. explained that in the case of an asylum patient to a private hospital, will be treated first 48 hours, with the notification of the Ministry of Health there is a case, for the issuance of the decision of the treatment at the expense of the state of the patient, if he is unable to afford the cost of treatment, or transferred to another hospital less in the cost of treatment and according to his desire, confirming activation of oversight role to the private hospitals to ensure their commitment to treating emergencies and provide the service of good health of the patient, explaining that any hospital refrain implementation of the resolution and treatment of emergency patients will be subjected to penalties and sanctions.

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