Dar Al Fouad hospital

Visiting a hospital full of sick people is usually stressful, however the place does not seem like a traditional medical institute but rather like a comfortable and welcoming place for care and cure, that was Dar Al Fouad Hospital.
Located in the Touristic Zone, 6Th of October City in the calm suburbs away from Cairo polluted air and crowded noisy streets the hospital was developed over the years since 2001, However in a short period gained excellence in healthcare with international standards and peoples trust.
Dar al Fouad Hospital is the first in Egypt and Africa and 95th worldwide to gain the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation for its superb medical services and good management.
“The hospital is highly equipped with a variety of rooms to suit all patients’ needs and provide easy access, like spacious rooms with electric tilted beds to provide comfort and each bedside unit contains oxygen control unit, suction pumps and Code Blue call (critical cases emergency system) as the bathrooms are designed for rapid nurse call”, said Dr.Samir Mousa the medical director of Dar Al Fouad Medical Council.
Dr. Mousa added, “We are very keen to provide high nursing services, by having a nursing staff of 316 nurses 40% of them Egyptians and another 60% Romanians, Iraqis and Philippines, whom are all very qualified and trained to maintain high medical standards especially with the use of hygienic equipments, to avoid any transmission of infection.
Part of Dar Al Fouad’s quality assurance protocol is having standards quality check to all medication and medical equipments they use.
The pharmacy in Dar al Fouad hospital is open 24/7, and is managed by a strict and accurate data base through their genetic names and in-unit dose system in order to ensure the best cost-effective quality of service.
The hospital depends highly on the data base systems designed by their information technology (IT) Department that is used all over the hospital, said Rabaa Ali Masood, IT Specialist.
Dar Al Fouad, is best known for its specialization in open heart surgeries and liver cultures, that costs 500,000 pounds and kidney cultures that costs 100,000 pounds, however that hospitals sponsors many humanitarian cases, said Dr. Mousa.
He also added that, soon Dar Al Fouad will expand by opening new branches around the Middle East starting with a new branch in Cairo in Nasr City and others in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Sudan.