Egypt Dispatches Specialized Medical Convoy to Support Sudan’s Health Sector

Egypt has dispatched a specialized medical convoy comprising 13 doctors along with a shipment of medicines and medical supplies weighing nearly 1.5 tons to support the health sector in brotherly Sudan, officials said on Sunday.

The mission, running from Dec. 20 to 27, comes in implementation of directives by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and under the patronage of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, with supervision by Deputy Prime Minister for Human Development and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.

The convoy was received in Port Sudan by representatives of the Red Sea State Ministry of Health, officials from the Prince Osman Digna Reference Hospital, and members of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in the city.

Upon arrival, members of the medical team met with Red Sea State Governor Lt. Gen. Mustafa Mohamed Nour, who welcomed the doctors and praised Egypt’s continued support for Sudan across various fields, particularly in healthcare. He underscored the Sudanese government’s priority to rehabilitate and enhance the medical sector, which has been adversely affected by current conditions.

In turn, the Egyptian doctors expressed pride in undertaking the mission, affirming their full readiness to support Sudanese patients, especially in critical and rare medical specialties. They pledged to exert every effort to deliver essential medical care to the largest possible number of patients during the convoy’s deployment.

Separately, and coinciding with the arrival of the medical convoy in Port Sudan, Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population sent 200 oxygen cylinders to Sudan’s Northern State. The Egyptian Consulate General in Wadi Halfa is currently completing the procedures for their entry into Sudan.

The humanitarian assistance comes amid growing momentum in Egyptian-Sudanese relations. The Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council concluded a visit to Cairo on Dec. 18, while Sudan’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs led her country’s delegation to the Russia-Africa Ministerial Conference hosted by Egypt. 

Preparations are also underway for the convening of the joint ministerial trade committee in Cairo, as well as celebrations marking 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries early next year.