{
  "id": 731374,
  "title": "Egypt revokes licences of three blood banks over serious violations posing risk to patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/egypt-revokes-licences-of-three-blood-banks-over-serious-violations",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-13T02:56:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-revokes-licences-of-three-blood-banks-over-serious-violations-posing-risk-to-patients-1.500639250"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: Egypt’s Health Ministry has revoked the licences of three blood banks at private hospitals after inspections uncovered serious violations that authorities said posed a direct threat to public health and patient safety. The blood banks, located in Cairo, Sharqia and Qalyubia governorates, were found to have breached regulations governing the collection, testing and storage of blood and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}