Sisi Calls for Speeding up Establishing Strategic Warehouse for Medical Storage

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala Al-Saeed, developments of “establishing a system of strategic warehouses for medical storage at the state level,” according to Presidency Spokesperson Ambassador Bassam Rady.

Rady, in statements on Saturday, added that the meeting was also attended by Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed, Advisor to the President for the Urban Planning Affairs, Major General Doctor Bahaa El-Din Zidan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian the Unified Medical Procurement Authority (UMPA), and Ayman Soliman, Executive Director of Egypt's Sovereign Fund.

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“In this context, the president called for the acceleration of the process of establishing strategic warehouses for medical storage in order to ensure the availability of a strategic reserve to cover the needs of current and future consumption of medical supplies and medicine on all levels whether through domestic or external production,” the spokesman noted.

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Moreover, Sisi urged concerned officials to continue working on that project in parallel with the efforts of the UMPA to counter any urgent consequences in this regard.

President Sisi also called for the establishment of these strategic warehouses near the main axis network to ensure easy access to them, as well as establishing them on a geographical scale that guarantees the best and fastest coverage of the entire country.

“The president demanded to set up the warehouses according to the highest global systems, including the mechanization of the storage system using the latest technological means and artificial intelligence in the context of the general policy of the country that seeks to provide factors for the sustainability of national projects and the effectiveness of their management after their founding,” Rady revealed.

During the meeting, the attendees tackled the developments in the activation of the "Egypt's sovereign fund for investment and development" and its business strategy, as well as how to maximize its resources, assets, financial and funding structure and future projects, as well as its expected role in driving economic growth rates.