Abdel-Ghaffar made the remarks during an inspection visit by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to the hospital’s construction site in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, as part of a series of field tours of major healthcare projects this month.
A cabinet statement said the hospital is being built on an area of approximately 42,000 square metres and is designed to serve an estimated population of 1 million people in eastern Cairo and surrounding areas.
It is being implemented by the Ministry of Health and Population in cooperation with the Armed Forces Engineering Authority and is scheduled for completion by January 2027.
Abdel-Ghaffar said discussions with the Italian hospital group are aimed at exploring opportunities for management and operation, in line with presidential directives to strengthen constructive international partnerships in the healthcare sector and deliver services in accordance with the latest global standards.
According to the statement, the New Heliopolis Hospital will include an emergency and casualty department with 10 triage beds, observation rooms for men, women, and children, resuscitation and isolation rooms, and an emergency pharmacy.
The outpatient department will comprise 24 clinics covering specialities including internal medicine, paediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics and other disciplines, supported by three pharmacies.
The facility will also house a dental centre with clinics, maxillofacial surgery units, prosthetics laboratories and panoramic imaging, as well as an ophthalmology centre with three clinics, CT imaging for eye diagnostics, two operating rooms and dedicated inpatient beds.
Inpatient services will include 174 general admission beds, while the surgical complex will feature 16 fully equipped operating theatres for general surgery, open-heart procedures, neurosurgery and obstetrics, including a high-specification modular operating room.
Dedicated endoscopy suites will be available for gastrointestinal, colon, and biliary procedures.
The hospital’s women’s health and maternity department will include natural delivery units, caesarean theatres, and plans for an in-vitro fertilisation unit.
Intensive care facilities will comprise 194 beds, including adult, intermediate, and paediatric ICUs, as well as neonatal care units with 57 incubators, two isolation incubators, and a six-bed open-heart ICU.
Specialised services will include a bone marrow transplant unit with 12 environmentally controlled isolation rooms, organ transplant units for liver and kidney procedures, nuclear medicine services, and advanced oncology treatment, including PET-CT imaging, CyberKnife radiotherapy, and 20 chemotherapy chairs.
Renal services will include a dialysis centre with 50 machines for adults and 20 for children, supported by a water treatment facility, as well as three catheterisation laboratories, one of which will operate as a hybrid unit serving both catheterisation and open-heart surgery.
Diagnostic and support facilities will include MRI, 160-slice CT scanners, ultrasound, echocardiography, mammography, and a central laboratory complex with a blood bank. Rehabilitation services will feature physiotherapy gyms and hydrotherapy units.
Logistical and support infrastructure will include premium inpatient suites, kitchens and restaurants, a central laundry, medical gas stations, central air conditioning systems, a mortuary with 18 compartments, and parking for approximately 500 vehicles.
Officials said additional services under study include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cosmetic and laser treatment units, and retail outlets within the hospital perimeter.
Madbouly said the inspection reflects the government’s prioritisation of healthcare infrastructure, calling for accelerated completion rates and consideration of future expansion plans given the availability of surrounding land.
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