Wed 03/Sep/2025 – 06:50 PM
The Medical Syndicate followed up with great interest in the statements issued by the Minister of Health and Population regarding the provision of emergency services for free for 48 hours.
The Medical Syndicate invites its members and installations to quickly submit financial claims for emergency services
The union emphasized that these services are not free in the literal sense, but rather fully funded by the balance of treatment at the expense of the state, based on the Prime Minister’s decision No. 1063 of 2014, which stipulates: “All university, private and investment medical facilities are committed to its establishment in accordance with Law No. 51 of 1981 to provide treatment services for emergency and accidents for free for a period of 48 hours, and the state bears the cost of treatment from the treatment budget At the expense of the state. ”
The union explains:
- The service is subject to the geographical scope set for each hospital, and the patient may be transferred after his condition stabilized to another hospital in coordination with the Ministry of Health.
- The law prohibits the claim for a prior financial compensation before providing the emergency service, but it allows hospitals and doctors to claim their financial dues later from the state or the patient after providing the service if it is not covered by any insurance coverage.
- Description of the service as “free” may be mistakenly understood as cost, while the truth is that it is covered with government funding.
The union demanded the following:
• Inviting all doctors and health facilities to collect and submit financial claims that citizens have not been assumed in emergency situations so far.
• Establish clear and rapid mechanisms to spend the financial dues for emergency services to ensure the continued provision of the service in high quality.
• Encouraging the state to the private and private sector as a basic partner in providing a health service that can only be achieved by implementing these mechanisms to pay dues from the treatment budget at the expense of the state.
• Correct the concept of the public and the media that emergency services are funded by the state and not a free grant from health facilities.
The Medical Syndicate emphasized that its primary goal is to support the patient’s right to emergency treatment and at the same time protecting the rights of health facilities and doctors and ensuring the sustainability of the service provision.
