Shefaa Al Orman Cancer Hospital for Adults
– Shefaa Al-Orman hospital is the first and largest integrated cancer hospital in Upper Egypt, completely free of charge.
– It was equipped with the latest diagnostic and treatment devices in the world in the field of cancerous tumors.
– It serves as a start the population of 6 governorates in southern Upper Egypt, with a population of about 15 million people, and the number of new cancer cases is about 15,000 new cases each year, in addition to the cases previously discovered in those governorates.
– The foundation stone was laid on December 9, 2014, and the first phase of the hospital was inaugurated on May 27, 2016, a huge achievement within 15 months instead of 36 months.
– The departments of Shefaa Al-Orman Hospital include the outpatient clinics, the one-day treatment department, the radiotherapy department, which includes a simulator for determining the treatment area using CT scans, a mold room for making masks, close-up radiotherapy, a three-dimensional planning device, two linear accelerators for external radiotherapy, and laboratories that include departments (hematology – clinical chemistry – immunology – microbes – cellular genetics – genetic inheritance), as well as the radiology department, which includes (ordinary x-rays – mammography – ultrasound – magnetic resonance – multi-sectional CT scan), and the hospital also includes nuclear medicine unit, clinical pharmacy, and patient care home with a total area of 27 thousand square meters.
The second phase of the hospital:
It was completed in six months, and it has 4 large operating rooms, a medical endoscopy unit, a resuscitation unit containing 6 beds and a positron e-ray machine, a blood bank unit, an intensive care unit comprising 26 beds, a dialysis unit comprising 5 beds, and an dormitory department containing 150 beds, fluoroscopy and arteriography, medical waste disposal unit, rehabilitation department that includes physical and occupational therapy and psychological and moral counseling, and palliative treatment department that includes programs for the medical, psychological and social care of the patient when treatment fails and the disease is in its later stages.
