President of Mansoura University discusses details of the construction of the developed therapeutic services building for the Emergency Hospital

Prof. Cherif Youssef Khater, President of Mansoura University, held a meeting on May 28, 2024, with the members of the committee of the project to establish the "Developed Therapeutic Services Building for the Emergency Hospital” Mansoura University, in the presence of Prof. Mohamed Attia Al-Bayoumi, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Prof. Mohamed Abdel Azim, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, Prof. Tarek Ghalwash, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Mohamed Abdel Latif, Secretary General of the University, Prof. Ashraf Shouma, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Al-Shaarawy Kamal, Executive Director of Hospitals and Medical Centers, Prof. Mahmoud Al-Gamal, Project Manager, Prof. Amir Fikry, Director of the Emergency Hospital, Prof. Magdy Bashir, Deputy Director of the Hospital.

During the meeting, they discussed the functional program and the engineering plan for laying the foundation stone in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the executive timeline of the project.

Prof. Cherif Youssef Khater said that supporting the medical system in university hospitals is a top priority to serve patients from various governorates of the Delta, pointing out that it is planned that the developed therapeutic services building for the Emergency Hospital at Mansoura University after its implementation will add a larger capacity for patients, which would be a great addition to the university's medical system.

This is in order to serve the medical and health sector in the governorate and the Delta region in order to relieve pressure on the emergency hospital, which provides urgent medical care, first aid and emergency services to citizens and accident victims in Dakahlia Governorate and the Delta governorates, after the much demand on the emergency hospital increased, and the cases of visitors exceeded 200000 patients annually.

President of the University called on all community institutions, civil society organizations and individuals who are able to contribute to the implementation and equipping of the developed therapeutic services building for the emergency hospital to speed up its completion as soon as possible, to contribute to the treatment of thousands of patients with accidents, critical cases and emergencies.

Prof. Mohamed Abdel Azim reviewed the objective of the project, the engineering plan and the executive timeline of the project, noting that the engineering drawings for the new building have been completed, which will be built on an area of 1400 square meters consisting of a ground floor and 9 repeated upper floors, with a capacity of 230 beds, bringing the total number of beds for the emergency hospital to 460 beds, and the building contains a full floor to receive emergencies, two floors for the Ministry of Health, floors for operations, intensive care, laboratories, internal accommodation and auxiliary services.