General Organization for

Teaching Hospitals and Institutes

     The organization has a Board of Directors and a General Secretariat planning and making decisions on the policies and steps to be taken towards realizing the above mentioned goals. Currently, his excellency Prof. Dr. Mohamed Awad Tag Eldin,  the Minister of health and population is the chairman of GOTHI while Prof. Dr. Abdel Hamid Omar Abaza is the General Secretary.

The goals of the organization are summarized as follows:

• To contribute substantially to the provision of medical care to citizens in accordance with the national health policy and continually working towards improving the quality of this care in all specialties.
• To provide a new generation of medical professionals with integrated and complete training and medical education in order for them to enact their role in health care
• To allocate and provide the facilities, equipment and training necessary for medical research in order for it to contribute to the wellness of the population
• To promote and pursue preventive medical practices for the betterment of health in the population

GOTHI publishes a number of medical journals through its many units and a general one under the name GOTHIMED (more information here).
A general overview and many general statistics are located in the facts & figures section. Detailed information about the 19 Hospitals, Intitutes and Centers is located under the relevant site areas.