Qasr El Eyni Hospital ( ar, مستشفى قصر العيني) is a research and

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. This hospital is affiliated with the Qasr El Eyni Faculty of Medicine,

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

and was founded on March 11, 1827.

History

In 1827, a medical school was established and attached to a military hospital in

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. The French doctor

Antoine Clot Antoine Barthelemy Clot (7 November 179328 August 1868) was a French doctor known as Clot Bey while practicing in Egypt. Early life and education He was born at Grenoble. In 1823, he graduated in medicine and surgery at Montpellier. His thesis fo ...

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(

) became the first director of the medical school and hospital. In 1837, the medical school and hospital was moved to

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in Cairo. The hospital was renamed as "Qasr El Eyni hospital". In 1838, The first school for

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was established in Qasr El Eyni Hospital. In 1848, Clot Bey resigned and went back to

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. In 1850, Abbas I appointed

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as the director. In 1851, Griesinger's assistant Theodor Bilharz discovered the first known blood flukes, ''

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'' and '' Schistosoma mansoni,'' and with it the disease

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(schistosomiasis). In 1855, Clot Bey was re-appointed director of medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital. In 1858, Clot Bey returned to France for health reasons. In 1925, the medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital joined Cairo University. Dr. Welson was appointed as the new director of the hospital. From 1929 to 1940, Dr. Aly Basha Ebrahim was appointed the Dean of the faculty and the director of the hospital. In 1980, the Qasr El Eyni hospital was closed and the building was taken down. In 1984, a contract for building the new Qasr El Eyni hospital was awarded to a French consortium formed from Sogya Company, Eypoty De Franc company and Set Folky. In 1995, the new hospital buildings were completed. The cost of the new hospital was over 800 million F or around £E150 million. In November 1995, Cairo university started the first employment stage of the new Qasr El Eyni hospital. On April 8, 1996, former-president

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and the

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, Jacques Chirac inaugurated the new Qasr El Eyni hospital building.

Specialized units

* Gastro-enteritis * Qasr El Eyni Blood and Vessels Lab * Intensive Care Centre * Eyes Bank * Specialized Medical Biochemistry Experimentation Unit * Cairo Univ - New Kasr al-Aini Hospital

The Development of Medical Education centre * Liver and Digestive System

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Clinical Toxicology Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating expo ...

Centre *

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Research Centre * Diagnosis and Therapy of Bilharzial Liver *

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Unit * The Unit of Renal Failure Therapy and Surgery * T.B. Research Unit * Measurement Unit for Fitness and Disability for

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* Tumor Radiological Therapy and

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Centre *

Tumor A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...

Symptoms Test Unit * Open-Heart Surgery Unit * The Physiological Research Unit * Chromosome Tissue Transplant Research Unit * Speech and Listening Therapy Unit * Nose and Snoring Therapy Unit *

Cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.75 turns around its axis, the modiolus. A core component of the cochlea is the Organ of Corti, the sensory or ...

Transplant, Ear Lab and Bank Unit *

Epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrica ...

Therapy Research Unit *

Leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damag ...

Unit * Ophthalmologic Laser Diagnosis and Therapy * Diagnosing Parasitology Unit * Medical Scanning and Diagnostics Unit * Ultrasonic Diagnosis Centre * Disintegrating Urinary Tracts Stones Unit * Guest House, Catering and 'Fast Food' Meals Unit * Special Medical Centre in the Pediatric Hospital * Diabetic Children,

Endocrinology Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...

and Metabolism Care Unit * Functional and Microscopic E.N.T. Unit *

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

Development Research Centre * Preservation, Redressing and Transplanting of the Tissue of the Motor System Centre * Mania
University Hospital
located fourth floor of Qasr El Eyni Hospital *

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Unit *

Allergy Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, refer a number of conditions caused by the hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic derm ...

and Immunological Problem Unit * Faculty of Dental Medicine Specialized Units * Faculty of Nursing Specialized Units * Prof. Hesham El Saket Learning Resource Complex (LRC) for surgical skills and training * International Relations Office

References

Gallery of Photos

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External links

{{commons, Kasr al-Aini University Hospital
Cairo University Faculty of Medicine Official Website

Cairo University Urology Department Official Website

* Egyptian Association For International Medical Studies (EAIM
International Relations Office for Cairo University
Hospital buildings completed in 1995 Hospitals in Cairo Teaching hospitals