Dar Al Ber to support Cairo cancer hospital

Abdullah Ali and Mahmoud Al Tohami, executive director of the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, exchanging the protocol of understanding. — Supplied photo

The government-run Dar Al Ber Society (DBS) shall be promoting and marketing charitable and humanitarian programmes for the benefit of the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357.

Khalfan Al Mazrouie, chairman of the DBS, made the announcement on Thursday morning after the conclusion of a protocol of understanding with the pioneering hospital based in Cairo.

“As per the protocol of understanding sealed, the Dar Al Ber Society shall promote charity, education and research programmes, as well as train medical cadres in the hospital.”

The society, as a facilitator between the rich and the needy, will also support the establishment of specialised clinics under the hospital for providing treatment and advanced scientific research, he said.

Abdullah Ali, executive director of the society, said it will be producing media material, exchanging expertise, and marketing charity programmes of the hospital.

“The society shall transfer the donations collected to the hospital’s accounts as agreed for carrying out charity medical projects, and establishing a medical and educational endowment for the patients and their families.”

Prof Sherief Abu Al Naja, manager of the hospital for Research, Development and External Affairs, expressed gratitude to the government and people of the UAE for their unlimited support since the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan who participated in building the hospital and providing it with the equipment needed.

“As per SEER report issued by the US government, 150 in every one million children below 20 contract cancer every year. One in every 300 children aged one to 20 years old suffers from cancer in the developing countries.”

The World Health Organisation, in a recent report, stated that 160,000 children are being diagnosed with cancer worldwide on an annual basis. Some 90,000 of them die every year in the developing countries.

“While over 32 million Egyptians are below 19 years old, 43 per cent of the population in 2005, some 8,400 children of them are likely to cotract cancer every year while 50 per cent of these die due to lack of basic medical care and modern therapy.”

This is when 80 to 85 per cent of the people suffering from cancer in the West are successfully treated, basically because of state-of-the-art hospitals and research centres, and adopting the latest therapy and treatment techniques, he said.

ahmedshaaban@khaleejtimes.com