Armed Forces Medical Service Department (Egypt)

Armed Forces Medical Service Department

إدارة الخدمات الطبية
Country|  Egypt
Branch| Egyptian Army
Role| Military medicine
Commanders
Current
commander| Major General Hisham El-Sheshtawy

Military unit

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

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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.[1]

In the war in Afghanistan, the Medical Corps opened the Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram in Afghanistan to treat civilians.[2]

Large number of military hospitals are active across Egypt.[3] Many of these centers accept civilian patients.[4] Cairo's Bridge Military Hospital (opened 2011; new additions planned through 2019)[needs update], 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.[3]

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.[5] The facility is located on Ihsan Abdul Quddus Street in Cairo. It is associated with the Armed Forces Medical College, founded in 1827.[6] 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.[7]

## Spurious claims about HIV/AIDS

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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.[8][9][10][unreliable source?]

## Structure

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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.[citation needed]

### List of Military Hospitals

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Source is the Egyptian Ministry of Defence site:[11]

Hospital  | Location  | Notes

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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 Hospital  | Almaza, Cairo  |
Agouza Physical and Rehabilitation Center for Rheumatism | Giza |
Mostafa Kamel Hospital for the Armed Forces | Sidi 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

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1. ^ "Historical Facts". www.afcm.ac.eg. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
2. ^ "Bagram". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
3. ^ a b "مستشفى كوبري القبة العسكري.. مدينة طبية متكاملة وخدمات جديدة للعسكريين والمدنيين". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
4. ^ "مدير إدارة الخدمات الطبية: نعالج 40 ألف مواطن مدني سنويا بالمجان". بوابة فيتو (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
5. ^ العسكرية, الأكاديمية الطبية. "نبذة تاريخية". www.mma.edu.eg. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
6. ^ "كلية الطب بالقوات المسلحة". www.afcm.ac.eg. Archived from the original on 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
7. ^ "نبذة تاريخية". www.afcm.ac.eg. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
8. ^ Berman, Lazar (26 February 2014). "AIDS cured! (says Egypt's military)". Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
9. ^ "Egypt presidential advisor: Army health devices for virus C & AIDS must comply with int'l standards". Ahram Online. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
10. ^ Inoyori, Ryan (26 February 2014). "HIV Cure: 'Complete Cure' Machine Invented To Treat Hepatitis C And HIV With 95% to 100% Guarantee". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
11. ^ "مستشفيات القوات المسلحة". 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2020-04-21.

## External links

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* 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

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