Orange Egypt, Maxim to revamp Al Abbassia Chest Hospital

Orange Egypt, in cooperation with Maxim Foundation, said it will revamp and upgradeEgypt’s only pediatric section treating children with tuberculosis and thoracic diseases at Al Abbassia Chest Hospital.

Orange Egypt will donate the costs of replacing, upgradingand renovating its pediatric section in cooperation with Maxim Foundation.

This initiative that Orange thinks will reduce the burden incurred by the hospital whichwas one of the first hospitals to receive COVID-19 patients .

Hence, Orange Egypt sought to develope and equip the entire pediatric section which included only 20 beds in two sections on an area of ​​90 meters, and 5 beds in tuberculosis unit.

The renovationprocess includes increasing the number of beds so as more children can be received. It also included the renovation of the toilets as well as the establishment of other separate new ones at some suites, in addition to repainting internal and external walls of the pediatric section along with installing new floors and wall ceramics as well as providing the section with air conditioners and medical equipment.

Moreover, surveillance network was installed to facilitate the monitoring and the observation of the health care operations.

And out of its belief in the rights of the Egyptian citizen, especially children, to obtain integrated health and psychological care, Orange Egypt worked on establishing a rest area for the children’s families that is supported with essential amenities to support the parents in accompanying their children throughout their treatment journey.

On the sidelines of Orange’s efforts exerted to revamp Al Abbassia Chest Hospital, the Students of Faculty of Specific Education, Art Department at Ain Shams University participated in decorating the rest area for the children’s families as part of their community role towards the society and as part oftheir graduation project.

Commenting on this occasion, Hala Abdel Wadood, Head of Public Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility & Quality Management at Orange Egypt, expressed her pleasure with the success of this initiative, as it will be completed soon according to the required specifications.

“Orange Egypt is always blessed to passionately participate in Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, which cause a long-term impact on supporting the Egyptian society and its various segments. Accordingly, we immediately agreed on contributing to develop, renovate and furnish the pediatric section at Al Abbassia Chest Hospital. We are proud of the achieved results, which changed the healthcare system in the hospital for the better.” Abdel Wadood elaborated.

She explained “We also aimed, through this charitable initiative, to shed light on the numerous needs of hospitals, which may not be directly related to coronavirus; however, they are affected by it. The means of supporting hospitals at the present time are entirely focused on confronting the pandemic, and the government agencies and charitable institutions which are keen to promote the hospitals capabilities to combat COVID-19 repercussions, which may lead to some gaps in other health sections and here we believe in our role to fill this gap and to lessen the burden incurred by hospitals and health institutions, and supporting such hospitals to face coronavirus”.