When will Egypt’s brain drain end?

The London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper also reported recently a comment by Egyptian MP Hazem El-Gendy which revealed that half of Egypt’s doctors — 110,000 out of more than 212,000 — had fled the country during the same period.

“During the recent period, especially the last three years, Egypt has witnessed an unprecedented migration wave of medical personnel, which has triggered successive warnings, fears of the effects of this migration on the Egyptian health system and the level of services provided to patients,” he explained.

These are alarming statistics in a country where there are just 8.6 doctors for every 10,000 Egyptians. The global average is 23 doctors for every 10,000 people.