The hospital belongs to the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt and will take care of children and pregnant women. In Egypt, unfortunately, the infant mortality rate remains high.
This building initiative comes from the Society of the Child Jesus, Gesù Bambino, in Cairo, led by Monsignor Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, an Egyptian. Monsignor comes from the Holy See Diplomatic School, is the former personal secretary of Pope Francis and is also a member of the High Commission "Human Fraternity", which was established after the Holy Father and Pope Francis. The great Imam Ahmed Al Tayyeb of the Islamic University signs the joint declaration on Human Fraternity, in Abu Dhabi, February 4, 2019.
The land decided by the President of Egypt to build the Bambino Gesù hospital located in the new administrative capital of Egypt will accommodate about five million inhabitants and will increase to seven million.
On August 30, Fides news agency of the Ministry of Evangelism said that the signing of the contract will take place in the coming days to carry out the specific project of the hospital.
Last August 21 there was a meeting of the supporters of the project to build a hospital and the Society of the Child Jesus. In addition to Monsignor Gaid, there are also other members of Human Fraternity, including Dr. Hala Mustafa Zayeb, former health minister of Egypt, and Mr. Pietro Ronaldo Donato, President of the Italian hospital in Cairo. During the meeting, Monsignor Gaid and the former minister thanked President Al Sisi for granting the land to build the hospital, expressing their appreciation for the Foundation's charitable goals and social influence. Bambino Gesu. Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrac, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Egypt, also thanked President Al Sisi for this gesture.
The Children's Hospital of the Child Jesus in Cairo will work closely with the Holy See's Bambino Gesù hospital in Rome, considered the largest general hospital and research center in Europe for pediatric patients in Europe. . Thanks to this collaboration and with the contributions of Italian and Egyptian engineers and doctors, the new children's hospital in Cairo will be able to meet the medical needs of mothers and children according to the following standards. state-of-the-art scientific standards.