Prof. Ghada Farouk, Acting President of Ain Shams University, met on the morning of Sunday, August 27, with Major General Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed Saleh, Director of the Military Works Department, Brigadier. Staff Officer Wael Salama Metwally, Commander of the 150th Brigade Military Works, Prof. Ali Al-Anwar, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Head of The Board of Directors of University Hospitals, Prof. Tariq Youssef, Executive Director of University Hospitals, Prof. Yasser Mujahid, Director of the Engineering Consultation Center, and the consultants of the Ain Shams Medical City project, to review the latest developments in the development of Ain Shams University Hospitals and its transformation into an international medical city in the heart of Cairo.

During the meeting, Prof. Ghada Farouk stressed the need to intensify work to finish this great and important national project, which is receiving the attention of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, as he issued a decision to develop that area and turn it into a high-level medical city, by creating a new and advanced medical and administrative infrastructure, creating an attractive work environment, beautifying the public site, eliminating random gatherings, automating the Medical City hospitals and deepening the digital transformation in their methods of work.

Stressing that His Excellency the President directed to ensure the sustainability of operation, maintenance, and management at the highest level, in order to achieve the state’s goal of providing distinguished medical services to all Egyptians in a real, tangible, and sustainable manner, in addition to developing the medical scientific research environment and strengthening Egypt’s role as a scientific and medical beacon in the region.

Major General Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed Ali also stressed the necessity of completing the projects according to the timetables prepared for the project. His Excellency referred to the close cooperation between the Department of Military Works and the Engineering Consultation Center at the university, which led to advancing the work until reaching the required rates.

Prof. Ali Al-Anwar explained that Ain Shams University hospitals are keen to provide the best medical services to patients, pointing out that the integrated medical city of Ain Shams University is a large project that seeks to provide health care to Egyptians and is considered a scientific edifice for researchers in the medical fields, and includes several hospitals and medical centers in all general and subspecialties, and a center for medical research.

Prof. Tarek Youssef added that the university hospitals at Ain Shams University are always proactive and pioneering, and possess many competencies that can contribute to raising the efficiency of the healthcare system in Egypt.

Prof. Yasser Mujahid confirmed that the medical city's implementation rates are proceeding according to the specified timetables, reviewing the current position of the project, the construction work that has been completed, and the achievement rates achieved so far.

It is noteworthy that the medical city of Ain Shams University includes 11 projects, the foremost of which is the fences and gates project to prevent overcrowding, Al-Waili Park, Arab Al-Mohammadi Park, the largest garden, the doctors’ residence garden, and the Al-Demerdash Park project.

The Medical City also includes Al-Demerdash Hospital, Surgical Hospital, Al-Batinah Hospital, Children's Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Chest Hospital, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Center, Clinical Toxicology Center, Cardiac Surgery Institute, Medical Research Center, Main Blood Bank, and the Faculty of Medicine.

Among the medical city's projects are also the new emergency hospital project, the new blood bank project, the Al-Demerdash clinics, and the endoscope building project.