Executive Director of the General
Authority of Free Zones and Investment (GAFI) Hossam Heiba inked with Board
Chairman of Maxim Investment Group Mohamed Karrar the contract of establishing
the first medical and health resort in Egypt in the investment zone in el Saf
district in Giza.
According to the contract, the company
will develop, manage and operate the investment zone, which is affiliated to
GAFI in el Saf, and transfer it to the first medical and health resort which
will merge healthcare services in one place.
In a GAFI statement, Heiba said that
GAFI developed the investment zone in el Saf district in Giza on an area of 40
feddans with the cost of LE1.5 billion to provide more than 4500 job
opportunities after operation, pointing out that the project aims at using the
zone to become an attraction point to the medical, touristic, services and
commercial activities to have big development impacts on the Egyptian economy.
The project is a successful example of
partnership between the government and the private sector, Heiba said.
Meanwhile, Karrar said that the project
is the first of its kind in Egypt as it will include several medical
specializations and will host prominent doctors from around the world.
The resort will include different
medical clinics for comprehensive scans, labs, cosmetic clinics, hotels and
restaurants.
Source: The
Egyptian Gazette
