Members of the House of Representatives’ Health Committee raised a stink about the budget allocation for healthcare projects in FY2017-18 during Wednesday’s discussion session, Al Shorouk reported. MPs said that the EGP 54 bn allocation is not enough to cover the country’s needs, especially since EGP 13 bn of those are going into sanitation and drinking water projects — which they said should not even be part of the country’s healthcare budget. Including military- and police-run hospitals in the budget was also a point of contention. Budget discussions are also ongoing over at the House Committee on Housing.

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