The Medical Services Department of the Armed Forces and the Egyptian Army Medical Corps are the departments responsible for the hospitals and medical facilities of the Egyptian Armed Forces including the Army medical schools.

History The need for Army medical services became apparent to Muhammad Ali during a campaign due to mass attrition. The French doctor, Antoine Clot, became the Chief Doctor of the Army. Clot persuaded Ali to established the first Army School of Medicine in Abu Zaabal in 1827. The first of its kind in the region, it was later expanded with Pharmacy and Midwifery schools.

In the war in Afghanistan, the Medical Corps opened the Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram in Afghanistan to treat civilians.

Large number of military hospitals are active across Egypt. Many of these centers accept civilian patients. Cairo's Bridge Military Hospital (opened 2011; new additions planned through 2019), is part of an ongoing effort by the Egyptian Army to offer cutting-edge treatment and patient care. The facility has 840 beds spread between major surgery, respiratory disease, and emergency units. Smaller specialized centers in dental, cardiac, and ophthalmological care account for an additional 205 beds.

Egypt's Military Medical Academy was founded in 1979 with the purpose of educating and training medical officers in all branches of Egypt's armed forces. The facility is located on Ihsan Abdul Quddus Street in Cairo. It is associated with the Armed Forces Medical College, founded in 1827. This was the Middle East's first modern school of medicine and was a product of Egypt's newly established Military Department of Health during the administration of Muhammad Ali Pasha.

Spurious claims about HIV/AIDS At a press conference in February 2014 by Egyptian Gen. Ibrahim Abdel-Atti, chief of the medical branch, falsely claimed that the Egyptian Army had "defeated AIDS... with a rate of 100%" as well as hepatitis C. Abdel-Atti claimed to construct a method to extract the disease and break it into amino acids, "so that the virus becomes nutrition for the body instead of disease." Its military proponents said that this treatment process could take anywhere between 20 days and 6 months to cure having no side effects. Egypt intends to delay exporting their new technology to generate medical tourism into the country. The claims were eventually confirmed to be false.

Structure The Medical Services Department runs about 48 fixed military hospitals, listed below.

The Army's Medical Corps may have 27 Field Medical Battalions (1st to 27th); 107 Field Medical Companies (201st to 308th); and possibly some hospital barges.

List of Military Hospitals

Source is the Egyptian Ministry of Defence site:

HospitalLocationNotes Kobry El Kobba Armed Forces Medical Complex Heliopolis, Cairo Maadi Armed Forces Medical Complex Maadi, Cairo Al-Galaa Armed Forces Medical Complex Heliopolis, Cairo International Medical Center (Egypt) El Shorouk, Cairo Governorate Republican Guard Hospital Heliopolis, Cairo Armed Forces Fever HospitalAlmaza, Cairo Agouza Physical and Rehabilitation Center for Rheumatism Giza Mostafa Kamel Hospital for the Armed ForcesSidi Gaber, Alexandria Ghamra Military Hospital Ghamra, Cairo Almaza Military Hospital Heliopolis, Cairo Suez Military Hospital Suez City Fayed Military Hospital Fayed, Ismailia Kafr El-Sheikh Military Hospital Kafr El-Sheikh Qena military hospital Qena Salloum Military Hospital Salloum, Matruh Mansoura Military Hospital Mansoura, Dakahlia Zagazig Military Hospital (Zagazig, Sharkia) Kafr El-Sheikh Military Hospital Kafr El- Sheikh) Sidi Kerir Military Hospital Sidi Kerir, Alexandria Ahmed Galal Military Hospital Cairo Ismailia Road, Cairo Helmia Military Hospital for Bones and Complement Helmeyet El Zaitoun, Cairo Abbasid Air Force Hospital Cairo Ras Al-Teen Military Hospital Ras El Teen, Alexandria Damietta Military Hospital Damietta Air Force Specialized Hospital New Cairo, Cairo Damanhur Military Hospital Damanhur, the lake Al-Hadra Military Hospital Al-Hadara, Alexandria Civilian Workers Hospital, Armed Forces Old Cairo, Cairo Hospital October 6 Military October 6, Giza Al-Galaa Field Hospital Ismailia Shebin Al-Koum Military Hospital Shebin Al-Koum, Menoufia Port Said Military Hospital Port Said Al Qassaseen Military Hospital Al Qassaseen, Ismailia The Naval Military Hospital Ras El-Teen, Alexandria Giza Armed Forces Hospital Sakiet Makki, Giza Military Psychiatry Complex Highkestep, Cairo- Ismailia Road, Cairo Armed Forces Fever Hospital Almaza, Cairo Suez Road, Cairo Abu Qir Marine Hospital Abu Qir, Alexandria Amreya Military Hospital Amreya, Alexandria Tanta Military Hospital Tanta, Gharbia Beni Suef Military Hospital Beni Suef Minya Military Hospital Al-Areesh Military Hospital Al-Areesh, North Sinai (El Arish) Hurghada Military Hospital Hurghada, Red Sea Military Hospital in Sohag Medical City in Sohag, Sohag Qena Military hospital Qena Aswan Military Hospital Matrouh Military Hospital Marsa Matrouh Al-Barani Military Hospital Sidi Al-Barani, Matruh West Cairo Military Hospital Dahshur, Giza

References

External links https://egyptdefreview.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/egyptian-medical-corps-where-are-egypts-combat-medics/ https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft5t1nb3mq&chunk.id=d0e496&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e496&brand=ucpress http://www.mma.edu.eg/History.aspx