20-04-2025
Egyptian Hospitals, Medical Facilities on High Alert During Easter and Sham El-Nessim Celebrations
Emergency entrance at one of Egyptian hospitals- press photo
CAIRO – 20 April 2025: The General Authority for Healthcare, affiliated with Egypt's Ministry of Health, has announced its medical preparedness plan for the Easter holiday (Resurrection Sunday on April 20) and Sham El-Nessim (the national spring festival on April 21).
According to a statement issued Sunday by Ahmed Al Subki, head of the Authority, a maximum state of alert has been declared across 267 family medicine centers and units, as well as 38 hospitals operating at various levels of care across the country.
This brings the total number of healthcare facilities on alert to 305 in the governorates covered by the comprehensive health insurance system—namely, Port Said, Luxor, Ismailia, South Sinai, Suez, and Aswan.
Specialized poison control centers, equipped with the latest technology and laboratories, have also been activated in these six governorates to promptly handle any potential food poisoning incidents. The move comes in anticipation of increased consumption of "fesikh," a traditional fermented fish dish popularly eaten during Sham El-Nessim.
