Suez - Written by Mr. Ahmed Yahya Jadallah

Preserving the health of citizens is a higher goal that the state seeks to achieve by providing medical protection through hospitals established according to the latest scientific methods and equipped with the latest medical devices, which cater to the needs of patients in all specialties. In this context, Suez Governorate is constantly working to develop the medical service in the governorate, especially after it began working on the comprehensive health insurance system since December of last year, and in cooperation with Suez University, work began on outpatient clinics at the new Suez University Hospital.

Therefore, the General Staff of War/ Tarek El-Shazly, the Suez Governor, stressed that this medical edifice will represent a qualitative addition and a positive return on the health sector in the governorate, pointing out the need to maintain the level of services according to the highest quality standards, to ensure that the project continues to provide its services efficiently to meet the needs of citizens. It contributes to improving the health system, especially since the work of outpatient clinics will be carried out by a distinguished elite of doctors and professors, and it will contribute to providing its medical services to the people of the governorate and the Canal region. He also added that there is a need to make every effort for the comfort of patients and to provide distinguished medical service. Moreover, he stressed the importance of activating the vital role played by the Beneficiary Satisfaction Management to communicate with citizens, listen to their complaints, work to serve them, and solve their problems while they are inside the hospital to receive treatment.

In addition, Dr. Ashraf Hnijal, the SU President, stressed that the university hospital comes within the university’s efforts to provide advanced medical services that contribute to supporting the health system and providing a distinguished therapeutic environment for patients and the local community, which reflects the commitment to raising the level of medical and educational services. He also stressed that outpatient clinics have been equipped with the latest medical equipment and technologies to provide advanced health services. Furthermore, he explained that the new medical projects' primary goal is to improve the level of health services provided to citizens, and that this project comes within the state's strategic plan to provide integrated health care, benefiting from the scientific and medical expertise of teaching staff members who contribute their efforts to providing health service according to the highest quality standards, to achieve direct benefit for patients and enhances the university’s role in serving the community. Hence, he pointed out that the price of an outpatient examination ticket is 20 pounds. It will be available at the clinic’s ticket outlet daily from nine a.m. until noon. He explained that work is underway to activate the advanced e-book system through the hospital’s website, to facilitate citizens and encourage the idea of digital transformation due to its advantages.

Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Tahan, the Executive Director of the Hospital, confirmed that the outpatient clinics include many diverse medical specialties, such as General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, early detection of pediatric oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, chest, psychological, neurological, and skin diseases, neurosurgery, orthopedics, ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat), Ophthalmology, Echocardiography, rehabilitation, Ultrasound Imaging, General Internal Medicine, Urology, Rheumatology, and several other specialties.