Cairo University announced laying the foundation stone for the largest pediatric medical complex in the Middle East, today, Monday, at Cairo International University in the 6th of October City, in the presence of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, and Major General Ahmed Rashid, Governor of Giza. Lieutenant-General Abdel Moneim Al-Terras, President of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, and in the presence of the Cairo University Council, a group of public figures and former university presidents, and a group of journalists and media professionals.
During his speech, Dr. Muhammad Othman Al-Khasht, that Cairo University entered the year 2021 with a huge number of major projects that it is implementing on the ground and achieving the goals of the new republic and serving large sectors of citizens. The most prominent projects in which the university has made great strides was the project to develop its university hospitals and create a new medical edifice. In addition to the Egyptian health map, it is the medical complex for the treatment of children, which is the largest medical complex for children in the Middle East, with a total project cost of about 3.4 billion pounds for construction, finishing, electromechanical, networks, roads and landscaping..
Dr. Muhammad Al-Khasht stressed that the development and renewal processes that occur in Cairo University hospitals aim to improve health services provided to all citizens from all governorates, completely free of charge, in light of the interest in the human being and the citizen who is able to contribute to building the new Egypt that we all dream of..
The President of Cairo University reviewed the development work carried out by the university within the national project for the development of Qasr Al-Ainy Hospitals until the end of 2021, to provide free medical services to hospital patients, numbering more than 3 million patients annually, explaining that about 65 development projects with a total value have been completed. It amounts to one billion and 130 million and 606 thousand pounds so far, and the completion of the renovation and development of the emergency and reception hospital in full and its initial delivery at a cost of 206 million and 6514 thousand pounds, and raising the efficiency and development of Al-Batinah Hospital with a total of 37 million pounds..
Dr. Muhammad Al-Khasht explained that the efficiency and development of the infrastructure and a number of units in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital was completed at a cost of about 28 million pounds, and the renovation and replacement of critical cases care in Dr. Qasr Al-Ainy hospitals to raise the efficiency and maintenance of central air conditioning, drainage and infrastructure with a total of about 45 million pounds, and the development and renovation of the building of the blood bank, radiology department and refrigerator at a cost of about 10 million pounds, and some technical equipment in Emergency Hospital 185 at a cost of about 2 million and 300 thousand pounds.
Al-Khasht added that the intestinal endoscopy unit was replaced and renewed at a cost of 2 million and 200 thousand pounds, the renovation and maintenance of Section 24 at Manial Qibli Hospital at a cost of about 5 million pounds, the restoration and maintenance of the surfaces of the Manial Specialized Hospital at about 4 million pounds, and the maintenance and restoration of the diabetes and endocrinology unit at the Children’s Hospital. Al-Mounira at a cost of about 16 million pounds, in addition to raising and renovating the ophthalmology unit at the Preventive Medicine Center at a cost of 1.507 thousand pounds..
The President of Cairo University also reviewed other projects of the university that are being implemented according to a specific time plan, including the completion of a fixed fixed hospital for endemic diseases as the first specialized hospital in the Middle East, the establishment of outpatient clinics at the Abu Al-Rish Japanese Hospital for Children, and the completion of the construction of a multi-storey garage next to the poison center at a cost of up to to 99 million pounds, and the replacement and renewal of the King Fahd unit at a cost of about 56 million pounds.
Dr. Mohamed El-Khasht added that Cairo University has succeeded in raising the achievement rates in the new National Cancer Institute, 500 500 Hospital, which is the largest specialized and integrated educational hospital in the world for the treatment of various types of tumors for all ages, which is planned to open the first phase within months, in addition to The completion of the development and upgrading of the old National Cancer Institute, and the completion of its southern building, and the university continues to work in full swing to develop the Breast Cancer Hospital in the Fifth Settlement, which is being expanded by 100% of the capacity at a total cost of 192 million pounds..
Dr. Mohamed El-Khasht explained that Cairo University has completed the development project of Abul-Rish Hospitals for Al-Mounira and Japanese Children, and many units have been renovated in them, including the neonatal and premature care unit, the hematology unit, the pediatric liver disease unit, the 12-bed kidney transplant unit, and the dialysis unit. The peritoneum, the surgery unit, 120 nurseries, the establishment of a unit specialized in bone marrow transplantation to treat benign and malignant blood diseases, and the creation of an entire floor for medical tourism, in addition to replacing and renovating the internal department of the diabetes and endocrinology unit at Abu Al-Rish Al-Munira Hospital, with a total of 22 beds, at a cost of 15 million pounds, and adding 7 beds, an increase of 50%, providing additional places to treat children with diabetes.
Al-Khasht added that other development projects are being implemented in the hospital, including surgical care, an intensive care unit with a capacity of 14 beds, a hematology and marrow transplantation unit with a capacity of 19 beds, a public accommodation unit with a capacity of 31 beds, and gastroenteritis emergency, and 80% of the work has been completed. Construction of outpatient clinics, funded by a Japanese JICA grant of $19 million, and the university succeeded in increasing the Japanese grant by 30%, addressing soil problems and strengthening neighboring buildings according to international safety specifications, in order to ensure the safety of the residents in the areas surrounding the hospital.
Dr. Muhammad Al-Khasht also explained that the development of the old National Cancer Institute is one of the major projects of Cairo University, which began work in 2018 with the aim of raising the capacity of the institute to more than 50% with the latest devices according to the international hospital code, and adding 255 beds (after the old institute was Its capacity is only 275 beds), including 145 beds for patients and 110 beds for chemotherapy, in addition to 6 operating rooms and 18 beds for intensive care..
The work of developing and raising the efficiency of the old Oncology Institute was completed, as the architectural and construction works, facades, electrical works such as networks and electrical transformers, lighting and fire systems, and surveillance circuits with cameras, as well as mechanical works such as drainage, water supply, ventilation and air conditioning systems, and a fire fighting tank, have been completed, as well as replacement. Comprehensive elevators and complete construction of the gas supply station and network.
Al-Khasht pointed out that the southern building of the National Cancer Institute had been standing still since 2009 and was on the verge of collapse, and it currently represents 50% of the institute’s capacity, which is a major shift in the institute’s absorptive capacity in general..
The President of Cairo University pointed to raising the achievement rates in the new National Cancer Institute Hospital 500 500, which the university succeeded in restoring during the recent period, and is the largest specialized and integrated educational hospital in the world for the treatment of various types of tumors for all ages, and more than 70% of the work has been completed. The construction works of the first phase of it, and the university has completed the facades of the front building of the hospital, and the procedures for purchasing medical devices and all supplies to receive patients are currently underway, so that the first phase will be opened within months.
Al-Khasht indicated that Cairo University continues to work in full swing to develop the Breast Cancer Hospital in the Fifth Settlement, where 100% of the capacity is being expanded at a total cost of 192 million pounds, and the development includes infrastructure and medical, whether early detection, awareness, treatment, and increasing outpatient clinics Creating patient rest rooms, doubling diagnostic devices and chemotherapy beds.
The university is also working on completing the Thabet Thabet University Hospital to become one of the largest hospitals in the world for the treatment of infectious, internal and endemic diseases, and the first medical research institute specializing in diseases.
Dr. Mohamed El-Khasht explained that the Pediatric Medical Complex is the largest project that provides health care to children in the Middle East, and is being built at Cairo International University in 6 October, according to the principles of green and smart architecture, on a total area of 70,000 square meters of project buildings, with a capacity of up to 300 beds, with an initial cost of 3.4 billion Egyptian pounds, indicating that it is scheduled to open after 3 years, i.e. in 2024..
Dr. Al-Khasht added, the Children’s Medical Complex includes a large number of rare medical specialties, and consists of 6 buildings, which are the main hospital, the residence hotel for patients’ families, the training center and the nursing institute, the doctors and nursing housing, and two service buildings. The complex also includes 10 operating rooms equipped with the latest equipment. Medical, 5 nursing units (accommodation) with a total of 140 patient beds, 7 intensive care units serving about 67 patients, 44 outpatient clinics for all pediatric specialties, in addition to an integrated radiology department, laboratories department, emergency department, dialysis department, and physiotherapy department. And a central pharmacy, a clinical pharmacy, two large lecture halls and 8 teaching halls. The project also provides green spaces..
Dr. Muhammad Al-Khasht said that in light of the state’s interest in developing the health care system for the Egyptian citizen and the participation of the Ministry of Higher Education represented in its university hospitals and medical colleges that provide treatment services for all segments of society, of which Cairo University takes the lead, and since the children of Egypt are the future and the state takes over them of utmost importance in providing them with health care, as this project was a priority and of utmost importance.
The project to establish the Children’s Medical Complex is the largest project that provides health care to children in the Middle East, as it aims to treat children and improve their health conditions by providing the best health care facility with the best cadres of medical staff, surgeons and nursing, in addition to being a beacon for providing excellent pediatric education. And complementary to the pediatric hospitals in Al-Qasr Al-Ainy, to increase the bed capacity by more than two hundred accommodation beds, including nursing beds, intensive care beds, and nurseries..
The complex provides outpatient clinics for all pediatric specialties, including strabismus, genetics, collagen, catheterization, heart, chest, brain, nerves, liver, general surgery, plastic surgery, tract, ophthalmology and sound waves. Muscles, radiology department of all kinds including x-rays, CT scans, magnetic resonance rays, fluoroscopy, sound waves, EKG, laboratories of all specialties and a clinical pharmacy.
The design of the medical complex for children was taken into account to avoid all the problems and obstacles faced by similar hospitals, by providing a hotel for the families of patients, a center for training and education of young doctors in all pediatric specialties, and a nursing institute to prepare nursing cadres at the highest level, with housing for each of Doctors, nursing, and services for all users of the project, which helps to link between academic study and practical training, and helps raise the efficiency of the therapeutic body on which the hospital depends in the future to provide a distinguished treatment service for its pediatric patients..
The project has a variety of green spaces around the buildings with gardens, parks and recreational services. Its design took into account the separation of movement paths to achieve the necessary privacy for each building and its users. The project also adopts the principles of green and smart architecture in the selection of finishing materials, processing, management, operation and maintenance, and the designer did not neglect the aesthetic aspects and the choice of colors. Delightful in its exterior and interior designs and its choice of finishing materials in a way that achieves joy and familiarity with the user and relieves children’s pain and fear of the place.
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