Al-Ahram Weekly | PRIORITISING THE LITTLE ONES

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 22 - 28 October 1998 Issue No.400
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PRIORITISING THE LITTLE ONES: Mrs Suzanne Mubarak on Sunday inaugurated the LE20 million third development phase of the Abul-Rish Paediatric Hospital in the working-class neighbourhood of Sayeda Zeinab. Mrs Mubarak watched on a television screen a recording of an open-heart surgery performed on a six-month-old baby. She also listened to explanations on preparations for a liver transplant operation through a direct link-up between a medical centre in Oklahoma and the tele-medicine centre.

Abul-Rish is the first hospital in the Middle East specialising in the treatment of acute child diseases.

The third phase of the development plan aims to raise the hospital's capacity to deal with 2,500 children daily. The overall cost of the project, amounting to $1 billion, was provided by the Japanese government.

Abul-Rish, which is connected to foreign hospitals by satellite, has introduced to Egypt the new technology of remote medical treatment, consultations and conferences. The satellite connection will also provide medical support to remote areas of the country.