Egyptian President Abdel Fattah
El-Sisi has urged turning the renowned Nasser Institute hospital into an
integrated medical city in a meeting on Sunday with Chairman of the Armed
Forces’ Engineering Authority Hesham El-Sweify.
Sisi urged boosting the capacity
of Nasser Institute and raising the efficiency of its infrastructure by
resorting to the international consultative experiences in this fields given
that the institute constitutes an important pillar of the health system in
Egypt.
The president reviewed the
ongoing efforts to develop the institute by adding new affiliated buildings,
developing the existing main buildings, adding 1,000 additional beds,
establishing new surgery rooms and kidney units in cooperation with the
Ministry of Health.
The meeting also followed up on
the workflow at a number of projects of the Armed Forces’ Engineering Authority
nationwide, especially roads, bridges, construction projects, and the New
Administrative Capital (NAC) projects.
In April, Sisi ordered the
government to transform Nasser Institute into a research hub during a meeting
with Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli and Minister of Higher Education and
Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.
The development plan for the
institute includes new buildings for abdominal and pediatric diseases,
outpatient clinics, a genetic disease research center and laboratory, as well
as an airstrip, besides providing a river ambulance service, Abdel Ghaffar
noted.
The development plan aims at
expanding the oncology building, the Minister said, adding that the institute
receives about 1.6 million patients annually.
Inaugurated in 1987, Nasser
Institute has been one of the largest specialized medical centers affiliated
with the Ministry of Health. It includes prominent and competent university
professors and consultants.
The Nasser Institute is also one
of the most prominent therapeutic institutions for oncology surgery in Egypt
and the world and is in constant contact with the world’s largest medical
institutions