As a continuation of the cooperation that Hospice Egypt started with the National Cancer Institute last year within the framework of Hospice Egypt’s humanitarian and community mission, which aims to provide care and preserve the dignity of patients in their last days, a protocol was signed between the Dean of the National Cancer Institute, Professor Dr. Hatem Abul-Qasim and Dr. Tandiar Samir, General manager of Josaab Foundation for Community Development in the presence of Prof. Dr. Tarek Khairy, (Vice Dean for Environmental Affairs and Community Service), Professor Dr. Mohamed Al-Wasif (Director General of the Hospital), and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Helmy (Head of the Institute's Pain Treatment Unit).
This collaboration aims to support terminally ill patients by providing them with free of charge hospice services. Prof. Dr. Tarek Khairy, Vice Dean of the Institute, praised the importance of the services that Hospice Egypt provides free-of -charge to cancer patients in their last days, which include medical care such as providing medical beds, oxygen cylinders, air mattresses, nursing and social care, as well as psychological and material support for the patient and his family. Annually, about 10% of patients attending the Institute of Oncology need Hospice services.