Egyptian parliamentarian Hamada Al Amari underlined the state of confusion dominating the people over the recent decision taken by Minister of Health Ahmed Emad Al Din Radi to increase the prices of blood bags. He added, the decision will not harm the citizens, as its effect is limited to private hospitals.
He added, in an interview with “Arabs Today”, that the private hospitals send their representatives to the Blood Bank to buy amounts of blood bags, saying that the governmental and educational hospitals will buy the blood bags with the old price.
He stressed, “The decision to increase the prices of blood bags came too late, as the government subsidizes the blood bag with 500 EGP. The private hospital buys the blood bag with 90 EGP, while sell it to the patients with thousand EGP.” He added that the decision came upon a recommendation from Central Auditing Organization.
He added, “The phenomenon to sell Tramadol in the pharmacies comes as a result of the lack of supervision from the government.” He stressed the need for taking serious measures to supervise the pharmacies to prevent the sale of illegal drugs during the coming period. He warned of the repercussions of such phenomenon on the health sector and the Egyptian community as whole.
He called the Egyptian authorities for sentencing those who commit any violations in this regard to imprisonment and to force them to pay fine on the basis of law.
He underlined the negligence dominating the Egyptian governmental hospitals, saying that the parliament formed committees to hold visits to the Egyptian hospitals in all over the country to follow the service offered to the Egyptian citizens. He added that they monitor the violations committed in these hospitals whether from the doctors or any other workers to discuss the ways to confront them in the future.
He noted that the health sector suffers from lack of experiences and manpower, calling the Egyptian government for taking serious measures to develop this vital sector. He signaled that the budget allocated to develop the health sector is not enough.