EgyptAir Company for Medical Services
(EgyptAir Hospital) signed on Monday a co-operation protocol with the General
Authority for Hospitals in Paris, which includes 39 medical facilities.
Board Chairman of EgyptAir Hospital
Dr. Ayman Salah and Dr. Florence Weber, Director of International Relations at
the General Administration of Paris Hospitals, signed the protocol.
The protocol is meant to enhance
co-operation between the two sides in the field of providing better health and
treatment services.
Minister of Civil Aviation Mohammad
Abbas said that the move is aimed to exchange expertise and training programs
between the two sides, to ensure the provision of integrated and distinguished
health services for workers in the civil aviation sector.
Minister Abbas said that his ministry
is attaching due importance to developing health system for workers, their
families and pensioners.
The protocol is also an important
step to attract more medical tourism into the country, the minister of civil
aviation said.
Chairman of the EgyptAir Holding
Company Yehia Zakaria stated that the protocol aims to exchange experiences
with the French side to improve medical services and learn about the latest
developments in various medical specialties.
The bridges of co-operation with
French partners are long-standing and well-established, Zakaria said, looking
forward to more fruitful co-operation and benefiting from French expertise in
achieving the highest level of efficiency for the medical services provided at
EgyptAir Hospital.
Source: The Egyptian
Gazette