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Curative Care In 1996, studies that were carried out in the Ministry of Health have shown the marked deterioration in the hospital services and in the different indicators in the curative services all over the country. 80% of the hospitals were in desperate need for rehabilitation especially those outside the governorate capitals where the private sector had little interest. The occupancy rates were very low and the rural hospitals it was only 4%. Slum areas were devoid of acceptable curative services. The lack of incentives, promotions, monitoring and evaluations have added to the problems encountered. Therefore, priorities were set up to deal with improving curative services. Rehabilitation programs concentrated on improving operating rooms, sterilization, intensive care, laboratories and blood banks. The concept of One Day Surgery Clinic was introduced to deal with the lack of services. This in return has gained a wide popularity and reduced the waiting lists in central hospitals. Prof. Sallam implemented Hospital Autonomy Policy in several hospitals in Egypt together with a cost recovery policy. This improved the quality of hospital performance and added extra financial benefits and satisfaction to the health team.
ACCESSABLITY OF THE UNPRIVILLGED TO SPECIALIZED CARE This has met a great success in public as
it cleared long quos of unprivileged waiting for social help for medical treatment. The earmark for obtaining this privilege
was simplified to differentiate socioeconomic status by the mere acceptance of the patient to get admitted to government hospital
in a ward of 4-6 beds . It also covered a national problem of renal failure patients, mostly poor and unable to pay
for Dialysis cost. The total cost for this humane
service that helped million of desperate patients was less than 0.7% of the National Egyptian Budget. When this earmark
was removed in the following years and the rich allowed access to the private service, the curative cost for
treating the unprivillged mounted five folds. However it is disgraceful that most of these went to treat the rich. This has met a great success in public as it cleared long quos of unprivileged waiting for social help for medical treatment. The earmark for obtaining this privilege was simplified to differentiate socioeconomic status by the mere acceptance of the patient to get admitted to government hospital in a ward of 4-6 beds . It also covered a national problem of renal failure patients, mostly poor and unable to pay for Dialysis cost. The total cost for this humane service that helped million of desperate patients was less than 0.7% of the National Egyptian Budget. When this earmark was removed in the following years and the rich allowed access to the private service, the curative cost for treating the unprivillged mounted five folds. However it is disgraceful that most of these went to treat the rich. This has met a great success in public as it cleared long quos of unprivileged waiting for social help for medical treatment. The earmark for obtaining this privilege was simplified to differentiate socioeconomic status by the mere acceptance of the patient to get admitted to government hospital in a ward of 4-6 beds . It also covered a national problem of renal failure patients, mostly poor and unable to pay for Dialysis cost. The total cost for this humane service that helped million of desperate patients was less than 0.7% of the National Egyptian Budget. When this earmark was removed in the following years and the rich allowed access to the private service, the curative cost for treating the unprivillged mounted five folds. However it is disgraceful that most of these funds that was labelled for the unprivilleged benifited mostly the rich.
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