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Rural Egyptians seeking medical treatment often face an ordeal just getting to the nearest clinic or hospital. But when they finally get there, they are unlikely to find the equipment, medicines or even doctors they need.
The Arab Spring may have brought radical changes to Egyptian politics, but medical practitioners say little has changed in the undersupplied health system used by the poor.
“Our government needs to revolutionize health services, particularly in the countryside,” Ahmed Lutfi, a senior member from Egypt's Medical Association, told IRIN.
“There are few hospitals and clinics outside the major cities, and the few medical institutions available in these areas offer no services whatsoever to the patients. These medical institutions are cut off [from] whatever it takes to serve these patients.”

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As a US nonprofit tax deductible organization, "Egypt Cancer Network, USA" has a number of projects it is supporting, One of them is "Children's Cancer Hospital 57357, Egypt", our aim is to get $10 million to build the new extension (300 beds), Tragically, 57357 currently can service only one in every four children in need because of lack of space, so by this Extension the majority of children in Egypt with cancer can have access to top care. Please help us and spread the word!

Part One: Problems with teeth

In Book 2 of The Histories, by the Greek author Herodotus, we are informed that in ancient Egypt there were doctors to treat each specific part of the body: the specialists!   Of physicians we read:

 ‘Some are eye-doctors, some deal with the head, others with the

teeth or the belly……’

Of course, it is important to note that Herodotus was writing during the Fifth century BC and so his comments may only be relevant to that period of history.  However, the decoration on a wooden panel in the Cairo Museum, dating to the Third Dynasty (ca. 2686-2613 BC) a much earlier era, shows the figure of Hesire, of whom the accompanying inscription indicates that he was a Chief of Dentists and Physicians, seemingly giving support to these comments made by Herodotus, suggesting that there was a much earlier practice in specilialised medical practices.

Yet, examinations of the teeth of the ancient Egyptian dead clearly indicate that, if there really were any specialist dentists, then they would have been fully employed for, if truth be told, a notable number of the rich and powerful of ancient Egypt certainly had need of such help;  many  kings (the mummy seemingly identified as that of Amenhotep III, for example) and members of their families had quite an appalling range of dental conditions.  Let’s take a look at some of these problems.

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The Health Ministry denied on Monday rumors of a typhoid epidemic sweeping the nation.

Abdel Aaty Abdel Aleem, head of the ministry's preventative medicine department, said that there have been no more than 800 typhoid cases scattered across the country. He blamed contaminated food for the outbreak.

Typhoid tends to spread in the hot summer months, when food is easily spoiled, Abdel Aleem continued. The preventative medicine department periodically follows up on cases across the governates to ensure the disease is contained, he added.

The official also said that there are about 400 new typhoid cases per month.

This text is from: El-Masry El Youm

Rural Egyptians seeking medical treatment often face an ordeal just getting to the nearest clinic or hospital. But when they finally get there, they are unlikely to find the equipment, medicines or even doctors they need.

The Arab Spring may have brought radical changes to Egyptian politics, but medical practitioners say little has changed in the undersupplied health system used by the poor.

“Our government needs to revolutionize health services, particularly in the countryside,” Ahmed Lutfi, a senior member from Egypt's Medical Association, told IRIN.
“There are few hospitals and clinics outside the major cities, and the few medical institutions available in these areas offer no services whatsoever to the patients. These medical institutions are cut off [from] whatever it takes to serve these patients.”

Last month, Health Minister Mohamed Mustafa Hamed said that 20 percent of hospitals in the rural south have no doctors, and that only 40 percent of necessary medicines are available in government hospitals and clinics.

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As a US nonprofit tax deductible organization, "Egypt Cancer Network, USA" has a number of projects it is supporting, One of them is "Children's Cancer Hospital 57357, Egypt", our aim is to get $10 million to build the new extension (300 beds), Tragically, 57357 currently can service only one in every four children in need because of lack of space, so by this Extension the majority of children in Egypt with cancer can have access to top care. Please help us and spread the word!

Cette recherche permet-elle d’affirmer que l'athérosclérose n’est pas une maladie des temps modernes, liée à un mode de vie trop sédentaire et à un régime alimentaire trop riche ? Horus, du nom d’une des d'une des plus anciennes divinités égyptiennes, est le nom de cette étude qui sur 137 momies, anciennes de 4.000 ans, révèle une prévalence de 34% d’athérosclérose. Des conclusions publiées dans l’édition du 10 mars du Lancet qui évoquent soit un mode de vie « trop riche », ce qui est peu probable, soit une prédisposition dominante, plus basique à la maladie. 

L’athérosclérose est une maladie caractérisée par des artères obstruées par des dépôts de graisse (cholestérol), de calcium et de déchets cellulaires. Avec le temps, les artères perdent leur élasticité et rétrécissent et la circulation du sang est alors ralentie ou bloquée. Ses complications possibles sont nombreuses et sévères (angine, crise cardiaque, AVC…). Ici, l’athérosclérose a été constatée avec la présence d’une plaque calcifiée identifiée dans la paroi d’une artère et de calcifications tout le long de l’artère.

Ces chercheurs ont utilisé la tomodensitométrie pour analyser 137 momies en provenance de 4 régions géographiques et de différentes populations vieilles de plus de 4000 ans, de l'ancienne Egypte, l'ancien Pérou, de l'Amérique du sud-ouest et des îles Aléoutiennes.

Les chercheurs ont identifié une athérosclérose probable ou définitive chez 47, soit 34% des 137 momies et pour les 4 origines géographiques, 38% chez les « Egyptiens », 25% chez les « Péruviens », 60% chez les chasseurs-cueilleurs des îles Aléoutiennes. Cette athérosclérose était présente dans l'aorte chez 20% des momies, dans les artères iliaques ou fémorales chez 18% d’entre elles et dans les artères carotides chez 12%... Chez 25% des momies, l’athérosclérose a été identifiée sur 2 des sites étudiés. (santé log)

http://www.santelog.com/news/cardiologie/atherosclerose-horus-en-souffrait-deja-_10045_lirelasuite.htm

Gharbiya residents say typhoid is spreading through their village at an alarming rate, with more than 95 people recently infected.

Some Abu Salem village residents have lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor accusing the health minister and Gharbiya Governor Mohamed Mostafa Hamed of negligence leading to the spread of the disease. They say they private labs have confirmed the infections, though the government has denied these claims.

Local Mohamed Salem said unsanitary conditions and negligence have led to a frightening spread of the life-threatening illness. He alleges his wife and two of his children contracted the disease after drinking contaminated milk and expired juice that are prevalent in local markets.

"Groundwater flooded dozens of homes in villages and caused widespread pollution. Poultry farmers threw dead chickens in canals and drains, which contributed to the spread of the disease," Salem said.

According to the US-based Centers for Disease Control Prevention, people who eat food or drink beverages that have been handled by a person who is sheddingSalmonella Typhi bacteria can develop typhoid fever. The disease can also be spread if sewage contaminated with the bacteria enters the water supply. (Zgypt independent)

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Egypt's Health Ministry will carry out a vaccination campaign for children in several Cairo areas after polio was recently found in the capital's sewage.

The World Health Organization says a wild poliovirus was discovered in samples taken from sewage in the impoverished Cairo districts of Ezbet el-Haggana and Dar el-Salam and is believed to have been transmitted from Pakistan.

The Egyptian Health Ministry's head of preventive medicine says the ministry will start vaccinating children under 5 in those neighborhoods on Feb. 3. The campaign will be broadened around Cairo in the first week of March, Amr Qandil said Thursday.

Egypt was declared polio free after its last case in May 2004, and Qandil said no new cases have been reported.