Wednesday 07/January/2026 – 09:22 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population announced the closure of 32 unlicensed centers for addiction treatment and psychiatry in the governorates of Alexandria, Sharkia, Beheira, and Dakahlia, due to practicing activity without licenses and violating health and legal requirements. This comes in implementation of the directives of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, to intensify oversight of medical facilities to ensure compliance with standards and protect the health of citizens.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry, explained that joint inspection campaigns between the Department of Free Treatment in the health directorates and the National Council for Mental Health, in cooperation with the General Administration for Drug Control at the Ministry of Interior, resulted in the closure of these violating facilities.
The closures in Alexandria Governorate included 8 centers in the areas of Abu Talat and Al-Ajami, which are: Life Way Center, New Life Foundation, Not Alone Center, Choose Your Life Center, Future Center (men), Future Center (women), Dar Al-Safa Center, and Freedom Life Center.
It also closed 11 centers in the 10th of Ramadan City in Sharkia Governorate, which are: Sukoon Center, Future Generations Center, Tafaul Amal Center, Hope Center, Al Baraka Center, Al Safa Center, Najat Road Center, Freedom Center, Hope Makers Center, Al Aseel Center, and Al Safa Center.
In the areas of Abu Talat and Al-Kanj in Alexandria, and Damanhour in Beheira Governorate, 11 other centers were closed, namely: Privaid Center, Shamandoura Center, Haroun Center 1, Haroun Center 2, Safa Center (women), Safa Center (men), Al-Horriya Al-Kanj Center, Bravo Center, Not Alone Center, My Way Center, and Bar Al-Aman Center.
As for Dakahlia Governorate, two licensed centers were visited; The first is the Naqaa Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Treatment, where a report was filed regarding medication violations in the Thani Mansoura Department, and the second is the Delta Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Treatment in Talkha, where a report was filed regarding medication violations in the Talkha Police Department, with a warning to avoid the negatives within 15 days.
Dr. Hisham Zaki, Head of the Central Administration for Non-Governmental Treatment Institutions and Licensing, confirmed that the necessary legal measures will be taken against the violating centers, while monitoring campaigns continue in all governorates. The violations included the absence of the technical director, practicing the profession without a license, deficiencies in infection control and equipment, irregular records, violations in dealing with hazardous waste, and failure to correct previous violations.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Al-Nahhas, Head of the Central Administration of the Technical Secretariat of the National Council for Mental Health, explained that these centers violated the laws regulating non-governmental medical facilities (No. 51 of 1981 amended by Law 153 of 2004), and the Mental Health Law (No. 71 of 2009), in addition to the requirements for infection control and the environmental law, which poses a serious danger to the lives of inmates.
Dr. Al-Nahhas called on citizens to check the licenses of medical facilities before dealing with them, and to submit complaints via the hotline 01207474740 (call or WhatsApp), or through messages on the council’s official pages on Facebook and Instagram.
