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\u0628<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Children\u2019s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 was the most important project that AFNCI initiated and developed. It is the largest children\u2019s cancer treatment center in the world in terms of capacity. It is not just a Hospital, but a model of change and a comprehensive institution that is fight pediatric cancer by offering free high quality medical care to all patients without discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hospital 57357 is setting up new standards for free of charge healthcare. The 57357 institution introduced novel fundraising concepts to guaranty the Hospital sustainability and preserve its standing as a unique center for healthcare, research and training. But most importantly, these concepts benefited the entire civil society in Egypt and were adopted by a host of other charitable organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beginnings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning for Hospital 57357 began in 1998 with the formal registration of the Association of Friends of the National Cancer Institute (AFNCI) (presently the Association of Friends of the National Cancer-free Initiative) as a non-profit committed to improving the lives of cancer patients at the NCI through facility development, upgrade and training, which contributed to improving over-all survival rates of children with cancer in the Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The departed professor Dr. Reda Hamza, Dean of the NCI at 1995, was the first president of the Association. Along with a group of young doctors he thought of establishing a hospital for pediatric cancer that provides free services to contribute to raising recovery rates of children with cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of patriotic businessmen supported the Hospital project since its inception through the Association (AFNCI) which was responsible for tenders, design, constructions, electro- mechanical works, internal decoration, equipment and fundraising. In 2004, the 57357 foundation was instituted to oversee the operations and sustainability and development of the Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hospital is seeking to introduce change to the concept of free healthcare and and to raise cure rates of children with cancer to reach the world rates of 80- 85%. Currently, after 11 years of operation the Hospital is recording an average over-all survival rate of 73%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFNCI<\/strong> is<\/strong> still supporting 57357 <\/strong>through participating in funding <\/strong>its <\/strong>new expansion<\/strong> project<\/strong> and <\/strong>its<\/strong> education and training programs. In <\/strong>collaboration <\/strong>with Egyptian Cancer Network, ECN in the USA, AFNCI <\/strong>is sponsoring<\/strong> the<\/strong> joint<\/strong> pediatric oncology fellowship program between 57357 and Dana Farber Boston<\/strong> Children\u2019s<\/strong>, USA, <\/strong>which at creating a new generation of<\/strong> specialized, well trained <\/strong>physicians capable of changing and <\/strong> improving healthcare provided to cancer patients. <\/strong>Whenever the need arises, t<\/strong>he Association <\/strong>provides <\/strong>the Hospital<\/strong> with<\/strong> its needs of safe blood from its blood bank, in addition to supporting different training programs for pharmacists, such as clinical pharmacy and pharmacogenomics. It also <\/strong>sponsors the travelling costs of physicians<\/strong> and scientists <\/strong>to and from <\/strong>Egypt <\/strong>for scientific meetings and knowledge exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the pictures album<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the Hospital website <\/strong> www.57357.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second: The guesthouse in Tanta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To alleviate the burden on patients and families who live far from the hospital, the Association established a guesthouse near the Hospital branch in Tanta offering them comfortable accommodation during the treatment period for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the pictures album<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third: the National Cancer Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association\u2019s office in<\/strong>side<\/strong> the National Cancer Institute, NCI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFNCI\u2019s office inside the NCI consists of staff and volunteers. It is opened daily except Fridays, to offer all means of help and support to the Institute\u2019s patients. It helps patients through procedures and paperwork, replying to their inquiries, finding  room in the guesthouse for patients coming from faraway areas, as well as transferring patients to and from endoscopy clinics in Altagamoe, in addition to providing morale support throughout the treatment period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association\u2019s office is also responsible for organizing visits for groups or individuals, handing out gifts and toys to adults and children patients. It organizes birthday parties and trips to entertainment places and public parks for children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fifth floor library of the NCI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pursuing to offer patients all means of comfort and to alleviate their suffering, the Association established a library on the fifth floor. Volunteers supported and pushed forward the implementation of the project. AFNCI fully equipped the library to become an oasis of distraction, specially for outpatients and their families during their long waiting hours. The library was equipped with air conditions, computers, TV\u2019s, entertainment tools and toys. This is the area where birthdays and entertaining events are held. A team of workers take care of the library and the Association pays their salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFNCI provide<\/strong>s<\/strong> a team of security personnel and afford<\/strong>s<\/strong> their salaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure order and security and organize patients flow inside the NCI, AFNCI hired 44 security personnel to oversee the maintenance and security of NCI properties of buildings, equipment, medications, files and furniture. Security personnel are responsible for organizing the flow of patients, companions and visitors through the main gate, directing patients to their destination, and helping doctors in the out-patient clinics by organizing the waiting time and the entrance and exit of patients. Security personnel are strictly applying AFNCI\u2019s instructions when dealing with patients and their relations and work hard to alleviate their burden and ensure their comfort. The Association is bearing the cost of salaries and uniforms of the security staff.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing and maintaining NCI\u2019s elevators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides affording the maintenance cost of the six elevators AFNCI has initially offered these elevators as a donation to the NCI. Furthermore,  the Association bears the cost of the salaries of the operation and maintenance staff. The elevators serve daily more than two thousand people including patients, healthcare staff and physicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth: The new out-patient clinics of the AFNCI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014 the NCI\u2019s new out-patient clinics were opened to the public. The clinics were a gift from AFNCI and Egypt Cancer Network, ECN. The Association built and equipped the clinics to serve 1600 patients per day, and alleviate the burden on NCI\u2019s main building. Moreover, AFNCI is still supporting the clinics to ensure they continue providing  high quality service that cancer patients deserve and as such contributing to giving them better chances of recovery. Currently the Association is committed to providing for maintenance and cleaning as well as affording salaries for the clinics staff. (for more information go to ..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFNCI is committed to offering continuous support by providing for medication, maintenance expenses and affording security, administration and cleaning teams’ expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

. Maintenance of <\/strong>the<\/strong> new<\/strong> out-patient clinics of the NCI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we are eager to improve the care  provided to cancer patients we included in our services the cleaning and maintenance of  the new out-patient clinics. Maintenance, cleaning and sanitation works are done on a daily basis so as to limit and prevent infection for cancer patients who often are immuno-depressed.  The Association oversees, on a daily basis,  maintenance and plumbing works and electricity generators. Moreover the Association is managing the informatics system that clinics are applying since it had initially introduced it and paid the cost of its application and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifth: endoscop<\/strong>i<\/strong>es hospital in Altagamo<\/strong>a<\/strong> Al-Awal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equipping the<\/strong> day-care<\/strong> surger<\/strong>y<\/strong> hospital (endoscop<\/strong>ies<\/strong> clinic<\/strong> in Altagamoa Al-Awal<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2010, realizing that one of the two towers of NCI\u2019s complex needed structural reinforcement, the NCI administration displaced some of the services offered at this tower to the other one. The Association was asked to provide all possible assistance to facilitate cancer patients’ access to medical care. AFNCI sponsored the construction and equipment of out-patient clinic facility and a day-care surgery hospital in Altagamo Al-Awal for a cost of one and half million pounds. The Hospital receives patients who need endoscopy, minor surgeries or radiotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Providing transportation for patients and workers to and from endoscop<\/strong>i<\/strong>es clinic (Altagamo<\/strong>a<\/strong> Al-Awal hospital)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the establishment of the endoscopies clinic of the NCI in Altagamo Al-Awal, AFNCI took over transferring patients and workers to and from the clinics aiming to offer the best possible care to cancer patients. AFNCI provided for a bus fleet equipped to offer patients all means of comfort while transferring them to receive radiotherapy or to have endoscopies, in addition to transferring the clinics\u2019 staff. The busses work from 8:30 am to 6 pm, making three rounds that transfer 25 to 30 endoscopy patients, 15 to 30 radiotherapy patients and 60 to 80 internal medicine patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixth: contributing to the new <\/strong>Tumor<\/strong>I<\/strong>nstitute 500500<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association funded the  cost of  the design of the new building of the NCI, known as 500500 in 6th<\/sup> of October city, with the amount of five million dollars. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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