President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to establish the largest organ transplant center in the Middle East and Africa in Cairo, in cooperation with international companies.
This organ transplant center will include an automated database for transplants, patients and donors, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said.
El-Sisi’s directives came in a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar following up on efforts to develop the country’s healthcare system.
The center will be located in Cairo’s new integrated medical city, which is being developed on the premises of the Nasser Medical Institute.
Inaugurated July 1987 in Cairo under the health ministry, the Nasser Medical Institute provides low-cost or free healthcare to more than 450,000 people annually.
During the meeting, Abdel-Ghaffar also reviewed the progress on developing the Nasser Institute Hospital located in the medical city, which has a capacity of 1,200 intensive care beds and 45 operating rooms.
Abdel-Ghaffar also detailed the establishment of the new Om El-Masryeen Hospital, with a capacity of 400 beds, which will provide services to about three million people.
This hospital will be the main hospital for receiving road accident victims in Giza governorate and its suburbs.
Moreover, El-Sisi directed the officials to accelerate the establishment of strategic pharmaceuticals warehouses nationwide to cover the needs of current and future need of medical and pharmaceutical supplies.
These pharmaceuticals warehouses shall be established in accordance with international standards, using the latest technology, the statement said, adding that the pandemic demonstrated the need to boost pharmaceutical production across the continent.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
