Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister, Ebrahim Mahlab, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar Al Sharif, Shaikh Ahmad Al Tayyeb, and Sultan Bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Chairman of Coordination Office of the UAE-Funded Development Projects in Egypt, on Wednesday attended the inauguration of Al Azhar Hospital’s speciality sections in Nasr City, Cairo.
The project is the result of cooperation between Al Azhar and Emirates Advanced Investments Company, which has set up a “health information system.” The hospital will be managed by the company’s subsidiary, Global Medical Solutions.
Mahlab, Al Tayyeb and Al Jaber toured the hospital and were assured about speedy completion of some requirements so that the hospital becomes fully operational. They were also briefed about the health information system, developed in the UAE by local and national cadres in line with the Abu Dhabi Vision 2030, which aims to boost national capacities in the area of programming. The hospital will provide services to over 350,000 of Al Azhar employees and students of Al Azhar University and institutes.
Al Tayyeb paid tribute to the UAE’s support to Egypt, stating that the UAE’s leadership, government and people’s support of Al Azhar, “reflects their great appreciation of Al Azhar as the beacon of science, culture, tolerance and moderation.”
He noted that the UAE has constructed four buildings at the university and its Islamic Division Institute.
The UAE minister said, “The cooperation between the UAE and Egypt is historic and dates back to the era of the UAE’s founding father, late Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.”
He added that relations between the two countries continue to grow in the light of the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and the follow-up of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
“As Al Azhar represents a beacon of moderation and centrism to confront extremism, it also provides a model for science, development and progress,” Al Jaber said.
