Gulf firms invest in Egypt's health sector as privatization looms

The Egyptian Doctors Syndicate expresses concern that Gulf-based companies are investing in the health sector as privatization of public health services looms. Mohamed Hassan, head of the Committee for Defending People’s Rights to Health, “said the deal is part of a government plan to privatize the public health sector in Egypt, which is in turn part of an agreement signed with the World Bank and USAID for the promotion of the private sector. ‘To stop privatization, we need public pressure, and if that does not happen, then the country will face a crisis,’ he said.”