Friday 21/March/2025 – 01:16 PM
Dr. Mohamed Sami Abdel Sadiq, President of Cairo University, inspected a number of new renovations and expansion projects for the outpatient clinic complex at the Breast Hospital in the Assembly of the National Cancer Institute, which is one of the largest specialized and integrated institutions for the treatment of breast cancer patients.
It also opened the additional outpatient clinics for breast tumor surgery, and the follow -up and evaluation unit after surgery, which will enable the medical team to follow the patients accurately after operations, and deal with any complications according to the highest safety and quality standards, at a cost of about 21 million pounds, within the comprehensive development and modernization processes witnessed by Cairo University hospitals, in a way that contributes to the advancement of the health system and the advancement of the level of medical services Introduction to citizens.
Dr. Muhammad Sami Abdel -Sadiq listened to a detailed explanation from Dr. Imad Al -Din Shash about the various treatment services provided by the hospital to patients from diagnosis to follow -up, the number of those who are frequent, and the number of new patients, as well Simulator control.
The President of Cairo University pointed out that the new expansions included preparing a specialized clinic for pain therapy, which will provide services to more than 6,900 patients annually, and aims to improve the quality of patients ’life during the treatment trip, adding that a specialized physiotherapy unit will soon be operated to provide physical and psychological rehabilitation services for patients after surgery and to treat lymphoma, where it is expected to provide about 140 physiotherapy sessions per month.
Dr. Mohamed Sami Abdel -Sadiq added that among the achievements made by the Breast Oncology Hospital is the provision of a new and advanced device for CT scan from the production of one of the leading international companies in this field, and it is characterized by the multiplicity of sections (16 sections) at a cost of 12 million pounds, and it has artificial intelligence technology to help doctors in rapid diagnosis, and is characterized by the accuracy of diagnosis and follow -up of small tumors that are not defined in lungs, and the possibility The distinction between malignant and benign tumors by studying the tumors ’sharing for the dye, pointing out that this device serves all the hospital patients without having to go to the headquarters of the main institute in the mouth of the Gulf, and an atomic scanner (camera) will soon be provided, and a new sound inspection device.
The President of Cairo University stressed that the expansions witnessed by the Breast Oncology Hospital in the gathering is a qualitative addition that enhances the role of the hospital as a pioneering center that provides comprehensive and integrated care for breast cancer patients starting from diagnosis to rehabilitation, and is a huge achievement aimed at providing distinguished medical services for patients at the highest level of efficiency and according to the global codes followed in this framework, thanking those in charge of the administration of the breast hospital that is managed in a sophisticated manner Distinguished.
For his part, Dr. Mohamed Abdel -Moaty Samarra, Dean of the National Cancer Institute, explained that the breast hospital of the National Cancer Institute provides integrated medical services to care for breast cancer patients according to the latest international standards, and during the year 2024 the hospital received more than 106,000 external visits, and 6,328 new patients were registered, which reflects a continuous increase in the work volume annually, indicating that the breast hospital includes 3 equipped operating rooms, 26 internal accommodations, 55 chairs for one -day treatment, as well as an advanced x -ray unit, laboratory and clinical pharmacy.
The Dean of the National Cancer Institute added that the hospital provided more than 50,000 chemotherapy sessions, and 18,178 radiotherapy sessions during the year 2024, in addition to performing 1,406 precise surgeries, indicating the completion of the renewal of the outpatient clinic complex, and the creation of a new radiotherapy section, with the expansion of specialized clinics, chairs and family giving chemotherapy, development and development Waiting areas, updating the central laboratories, which contributed to improving the quality of service and reducing waiting periods.
Dr. Imad Al -Din Shash, Director of the Breast Hospital, said that the hospital witnessed radical changes to improve services provided to patients from all over the Republic since its foundation in 2013 until now, where during this period it received more than 700 thousand patients who were treated for free without patients with any costs or material burdens, indicating that the hospital has worked during the past two years to create new services for patients, including the formation of a team for educational support and awareness. Patients are his mission to provide the correct and simplified information about the disease through videos that are presented to patients, and to allocate a number of pharmacists to play a guiding role for patients, and the hospital also provides various psychological support services to patients, adding that the hospital is a key partner in the presidential initiative for the health of Egyptian women.
Dr. Imad Al -Din also reviewed the statistics of the breast cancer hospital in 2024, where 1.406 breast surgery was performed, one -day treatment services were provided to 50 thousand and 618 patients, 18 thousand and 178 radiotherapy sessions, 6 thousand and 776 visits to the Multi -disciplinary Medical Committee, received 106 thousand and 627 visits to outpatient clinics.
It is worth noting that the breast hospital is the first specialized hospital for the treatment of breast cancer for free Reconciliations and patient waiting halls to double (from 175 m 2 to 350 m 2), and increase the capacity of outpatient clinics from 5 clinics to 16 clinics equipped according to international medical codes.
