Investment Ministry prepares feasibility studies for offering 75 Takamul hospitals to private sector

The Ministry of Investment is preparing feasibility studies for the privatization of 75 integrative Takamul hospitals across 16 governorates. “There are a total of 377 hospitals countrywide that are in need of restructuring, but only 75 are ready for the process.” But Rashwan Shaaban, the assistant secretary of the Doctors Syndicate, “said that the syndicate rejected measures of privatization because it will increase the price of health services provided to citizens. The syndicate instead called on the state to develop these hospitals. According to sources, civil society partners in this initiative include Misr El Kheir, Baheya, Dar Al Orman charity, and Egyptian Cure Bank.”