Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Saturday requested that the ongoing restoration work for the National Cancer Institute be finalized as quickly as possible and to the utmost quality. A car loaded with explosives in August 2019 detonated in front of the National Cancer Institute, killing 20 people and injuring 47 others. Minister of Higher Education Khalid Abdel Ghafar informed the Prime Minister about the progress of rehabilitation on the institute’s main building, which is being done at a cost of LE100 million. The rehabilitation covers the medical building, floors, lecture hall, internal and external facades, emergency area, and the main entrance. He further inspected work being done to expand the emergency area at Qasr al-Ainy to include up to 113 beds for emergency cases.

Source: Egypt Independent November 29, 2020 09:22 UTC