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Other types of facilities
The service delivery structure of the THO will not require significant restructuring under
the reform. Whereas the CCO may be, in some form or another, incorporated and
merged to the HIO.
8.6 Long-Term Care
Geriatric Health Center in Suez
In October 2001 Center of Geriatric Health was opened aiming at providing medical care
for elderly patients in the form of :
1. 16 beds for inpatient department on basis of full board residence.
2. 2 beds for I C U with ECG and monitor for critical care by trained personnel
3. 4 out-patient clinics for internal medicine, psychiatry , orthopedics and
physiotherapy
4. Emergency laboratory for urgent investigations
5. Physiotherapy department with electrical and ultrasound machines and gem
6. Pharmacy for in and out-patients with all drugs for Geriatric related illnesses.
7. Training programs for nursing staff (internal by physicians in different specialties,
and external in Ain Shams University, Geriatric medicine department) .
8. Recurrent visits of consultants in Geriatric medicine and nursing (Faculty of
Medicine and Faculty of Nursing).
9. Guiding and assessing families to know about care and management of Geriatric
problems and emergencies through many social meetings in schools, clubs,
universities and other active groups by the center staff.
10. Social activates in the center in the form of inviting students, social groups and
other governorate departments employee to share the elderly people
11. There are 23 beds prepared for use to increase capacity of internal department
to satisfy the increased needs.
It is planned to increase the capacity to cope with the increasing needs and to improve
skills and utilities, planning for Geriatric village with medical, psychiatric, and social care
(with special care for Alzheimer).
Geriatric friendship group for interested volunteers will be announced in Suez soon.
8.7 Pharmaceuticals
By 2002, the pharmaceutical market size in Egypt, at retail prices, was LE5.8 billion. At
manufacturers and importers selling price, the pharmaceutical market size was
approximately LE4.2 to LE4.4 billion. Since 1991, the pharmaceutical market has been
growing and pharmaceutical sales increased two and a half-fold by financial year
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