Qasr El Eyni Hospital

Qasr El Eyni Hospital
Qasr El Eyni Hospital
Cairo University Hospitals
	New Kasr Al Ainy Teaching Hospital
Geography
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Coordinates	30°1′49″N 31°13′46″E / 30.03028°N 31.22944°E
Organisation
Care system	Ministry of Health and Population (Egypt)
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	6000
Helipad	No
History
Opened	11 March 1827 (in Abu Zaabal)
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Egypt

Qasr El Eyni Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى قصر العيني) is a research and teaching hospital in Cairo, Egypt. This hospital is affiliated with the Cairo University Faculty of Medicine. The hospital was founded on March 11, 1827.^[1]^[2]

History

In 1827, a medical school was established and attached to a military hospital in Abu Zaabal. The French doctor Antoine Clot Bey (Antoine Clot) became the first director of the medical school and hospital.^[2]

In 1837, the medical school and hospital were moved to Qasr El Eyni Street in Cairo. The hospital was renamed as "Qasr El Eyni hospital".

In 1838, The first school for midwifery was established in Qasr El Eyni Hospital.

In 1848, Clot Bey resigned and went back to France.

In 1850, Abbas I appointed Wilhelm Griesinger as the director.^[3]

In 1851, Griesinger's assistant Theodor Bilharz discovered the first known blood flukes, Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni, and with it the disease bilharzia (schistosomiasis).^{[citation needed]}

In 1855, Clot Bey was re-appointed director of medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital.

In 1858, Clot Bey returned to France for health reasons.

In 1925, the medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital joined Cairo University. Dr. Welson was appointed as the new director of the hospital.

From 1929 to 1940, Dr. Aly Basha Ebrahim was appointed the Dean of the faculty and the director of the hospital.

In 1980, the Qasr El Eyni hospital was closed and the building was taken down.

In 1984, a contract for building the new Qasr El Eyni hospital was awarded to a French consortium formed from Sogya Company, Eypoty De Franc company and Set Folky.

In 1995, the new hospital buildings were completed. The cost of the new hospital was over 800 million F or around £E150 million.

In November 1995, Cairo university started the first employment stage of the new Qasr El Eyni hospital.

On April 8, 1996, former-president Hosni Mubarak and the President of France, Jacques Chirac inaugurated the new Qasr El Eyni hospital building.

Specialized units and departments

Cardiology department
Critical Care and Cath labs ^[4]^[5]
Ophthalmology Department
Specialized Medical Biochemistry Experimentation Unit
gastroenterology, hepatology and infectious diseases .
National Clinical Toxicology Centre
Microbiology Research Centre
Diagnosis and Therapy of Bilharzial Liver diseases
Urosurgery
Andrology
Neurosurgery
Plastic surgery
General surgery
Oncosurgery
Orthopedics and Trauma surgery
Ear, Nose and Throat
The Unit of Renal Failure Therapy and Surgery
T.B. Research Unit
Measurement Unit for Fitness and Disability for Occupational Diseases
Tumor Radiological Therapy and Nuclear Medicine Centre
Tumor Symptoms Test Unit
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Audiology
Neurophysiology Research Unit
Chromosome Tissue Transplant Research Unit
Speech and Listening Therapy Unit
Sleep disorders and Snoring Therapy Unit
Cochlea Transplant, Ear Lab and Bank Unit
Epilepsy Therapy Research Unit
Leprosy Unit
Ophthalmologic Laser Diagnosis and Therapy
Pulmonology and pulmonology critical care
Parasitology Unit
Diagnostic radiology Unit
Interventional Radiology Unit
Abu El-Reesh El-Mounira Children University Hospital
Abu ElReesh Japanese children University hospital
Diabetic Children, Endocrinology and Metabolism Care Unit
Psychiatry and Addiction Hospital
Neurology Department
Multiple sclerosis Unit
Functional and Microscopic E.N.T. Unit
Nursing Development Research Centre
Preservation, Redressing and Transplanting of the Tissue of the Motor System Centre
Manial University Hospital; located fourth floor of Qasr El Eyni Hospital
Hematology Unit
Anesthesia, SICU and Pain management
Allergy and Immunological Problems Unit
Rheumatology Unit

Official Specialized Units

Genetics Unit, managed by Prof. Mai Sherif
Prof. Hesham El Saket Learning Resource Complex (LRC)^[6] that includes Learning Resource Center, Main Conference Hall and Staff Cafeteria. Managed by Prof. Mahmoud Elfiky.
MEDIC, managed by Prof. Essam El Toukhy.
KARIS, managed by Prof. Tamer Gheita.
International Relations Office ^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "History".
^ ^a ^b "Qasr El Eyni Hospital". Al Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 2006-01-16.
^ Bergquist, Robert; Kloos, Helmut; Adugna, Aynalem (2017). Jamieson, Barrie G. M. (ed.). Schistosoma: Biology, Pathology, and Control (PDF). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 8–33. doi:10.1201/9781315368900-7 (inactive 2024-11-12). ISBN 978-1-4987-4426-3. OCLC 969446445.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
^ https://criticalcaredep.org/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.escardio.org/Education/Career-Development/Accreditation/EHRA-Recognised-Training-Centres#egypt ^{[bare URL]}
^ "LRC". lrc.cu.edu.eg.
^ "Home". iro.cu.edu.eg.

Gallery

Cairo University - Abu El Resh Pediatric University Hospital
Cairo University - National Cancer Institute
Cairo University - National Laser Institute
"Military hospital of Kasr El Ainy, organised in 1837 after the evacuation of the hospital of Abou-Zabel." The history of medical education in Egypt (1935). Image from the Wellcome Collection.