Borg El Arab University Hospital Pediatric Oncology Center

Borg El Arab University Hospital Pediatric Oncology Center (Arabic: مستشفي برج العرب الجامعي مركز علاج أورام الأطفال) is a teaching hospital One of Alexandria University Hospitals, it is the first governmental hospital specialized in treating children cancer free of charge in Egypt.[1] It was established in 2008 as a result of a cooperation concluded between the Egyptian and Dutch government as a university hospital and remained so until 2018 when it was converted to a hospital specializing in the treatment of children's cancer. It located in the central axis area in New Borg El Arab city in Alexandria Governorate, northern Egypt, on an area of 55 acres. The hospital provides its services mainly to residents of the governorates of Alexandria, Kafr El Sheikh, Beheira, and Matrouh.[2] The hospital complex in the first phase consists of a main building on an area of 5 acres, consisting of four floors; The first floor for surgery, the second for hematology, the third for solid tumors, and the fourth for one-day treatment. The cost of establishing the first stage was about 350 million Egyptian pounds.[3]

Borg El Arab University Hospital Pediatric Oncology Center
Alexandria University Hospitals
Geography
LocationNew Borg El Arab, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
Organisation
Care systemMinistry of Higher Education (Egypt)
TypeTeaching hospital
Affiliated universityFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.
Services
Beds80
History
Opened2008

The hospital has a capacity of about 80 patient beds, 6 beds for intensive care, and 5 operating rooms.[4] Since its conversion into a hospital specializing in the treatment of children's cancer, the hospital has received about 4,900 children with cancer until the end of 2020, with an average of about 1,600 children annually. During the same period, 60 surgeries were performed per month.[5] Work is currently underway to establish a radiotherapy center equipped with the latest equipment. In the second phase, 2 additional buildings will be constructed as expansions for the Children's Cancer Hospital, as well as a Cancer Research Center, an educational school, and an adult cancer hospital. With a capacity of 200 beds.

Departments and specializations

The hospital includes many other medical specialties other than oncology, which are cardiology, brain and nerves, gynecology and obstetrics, ophthalmology, pediatrics, internal medicine, nutrition, ear, nose and throat, dentistry, surgery, physical therapy, dialysis units, and orthopedics, in addition to three Specialized laboratories are the clinical pathology lab, the microbiology lab, and the pathology lab, and it also includes a blood bank.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Borg El Arab University Hospital is the first governmental specialized center for the treatment of pediatric cancer in Egypt". shorouknews. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. "The first specialized center for the treatment of children's cancer .. "Abdul Ghaffar" inspects Burj Al Arab University Hospital". almasryalyoum. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "Establishment of Burj Al Arab University Hospital". presidency. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "University Hospitals". Alexandria University. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "Director of Burj Al Arab University Hospital: We receive pediatric cancer patients and treat them for free". youm7. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. "Borg El Arab University Hospital Pediatric Oncology Center". auhospitals.alexu. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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