Prof. Ayman Mahmoud Othman, President of Aswan University, confirmed that within the framework of the university’s societal and service role to build a bridge of communication and cooperation towards the continent of Africa, the medical convoy of Aswan University in Tanzania started its work on Sunday by examining more than 100 cases of urology patients for Tanzanian citizens, which began its work from 7:am to 7: pm, under the auspices of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar – Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Health.
Prof. Mohamed Zaki El-Dahshoury – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and head of the medical convoy team in Tanzania, added that the work of the medical convoy comes within the framework of Aswan University’s regional and international role toward the external community in the African continent under the directives of President / Abdel Fattah El-Sisi – President of the Republic, to extend the roots of fruitful cooperation and construction between Aswan University and African universities, especially after the president’s decision to make Aswan the capital of culture, economy and Arab and African youth for the brown continent of Africa.
”Al-Dahshoury” explained that the work of the first day of the medical convoy that started at Sheki Hospital on Pemba Island for the Urology Department which is led by His Excellency is that more than 100 patients with different paths have been examined, and 23 patients have been diagnosed with various malformations of children, which require the intervention of delicate surgeries. 6 precise operations were performed, including today, for various malformations of the urinary tract.
Prof. Hisham Al-Rifai – Head of the Orthopedic Department at the University Hospital and part of the medical convoy team in Tanzania, indicated that 45 orthopedic patients were examined and 5 highly skilled surgeries were performed as part of the medical convoy’s work, which concluded today by checking on the patients’ cases after the surgical operations procedures conducted by the medical convoy in various specialties.
