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Cairo University oncology conference details progress at new 500-500 cancer hospital
November 5, 2026 at 01:30 PM · Updated 14m ago
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The National Cancer Institute's annual conference opened this week, with officials outlining construction milestones at the new 500-500 Sheikh Zayed hospital.
- The conference convened November 4–5 at the Marriott Zamalek under the slogan "Next Frontier in Oncology," with presidential health advisor Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din and Cairo University President Mohamed Sami Abdel Sadiq attending.
- Dean Mohamed Abdel Mouti Samara said the hospital's outpatient clinics construction is complete, with the residence building awaiting finishing, and capacity for 360 single rooms, 100 intensive-care beds, and 21 operating theaters.
- Samara said the hospital is designed to receive 450,000 patients and obtained a "golden evaluation" certification.
- Tag El-Din said President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regularly follows the hospital's progress, and that tuberculosis affects nine per 100,000 Egyptians.
- Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber attended the conference and pledged full logistical and field support for the institute's work.
- GAHAR head Ahmed Taha announced preliminary accreditation of the institute's southern hospital during the conference.
- Dean Mohamed Abdel Mouti Samara said the institute treated 30,000 new cancer patients last year, a quarter of Egypt's cases.
- Cairo University President Mohamed Sami Abdel-Sadiq said the 500-500 hospital is in its final stages and will begin operations.
- Presidential health advisor Awad Tag El-Din said the comprehensive health insurance scheme, launched in 2019, aims to cover all citizens nationwide.
- Dean Samara said the conference discusses modern applications of artificial intelligence in cancer diagnosis and personalized medicine.
- Samara said the conference drew 5,000 oncology doctors and described the new 45,000-square-meter hospital as one of the Middle East's largest teaching hospitals.
- The Egyptian Health Council accredited the conference, granting participants 14 of the 50 points needed to renew physicians' professional licenses.














