Beloved Soldier, Journalist and Countryman Ibrahim Higazy Visits Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357

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Mr. Ibrahim Higazy, a renowned sports presenter and journalist, was welcomed by Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 (CCHE) in the third week of October 2012 and spent his time encouraging the patients. In doing so he referenced his history as a soldier in the Egyptian army in the 1970s, during which he served Egypt in a particularly trying time in the region’s history.

It was eleven years ago that Mr. Higazy helped spur the fundraising campaign amongst secondary school and college students to raise 22 million Egyptian pounds to build the original CCHE complex. Mr. Higazy has again vouched his support for the expansion of the current CCHE campus, the next major project at hand, to which ECN is a major contributor.

Noting his service in his conversations with the children, he attested to the fact that “cancer itself is a difficult battle” but that the compassionate treatment that CCHE 57357 gives its patients lessens the burden. He was extremely impressed by CCHE not only for its existence as a state-of-the-art pediatric oncology center, but also by the quality of the services provided to children for free. In his closing words to a small assembled audience of Egyptian and American expatriates, he remarked that a visit to CCHE would prove to anyone that anything is possible when people work together as a team.

Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, a major global investment company, attended the Egypt Cancer Network 57357 (ECN) iftar in Los Angeles along with his wife and daughter. They were inspired by the work that is being done by ECN in support of Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 (CCHE). Because of its effectiveness in delivering superior health services to children, they consider the hospital an impressive example of charity innovation and sustainability in Egypt.

Together with his daughter and wife, Dr. El-Erian stated that he was delighted “to support this world-class Egyptian hospital that provides comprehensive cancer care to children at no financial cost to them or their families.”

ECN extends its sincere appreciation to Dr. El-Erian and his family for their visit and for their generosity. The administrations of both ECN and Children’s Cancer Hospital Foundation (CCHF), both recipients of Dr. El-Erian’s humanitarian donation, are grateful that Dr. El-Erian shares their strategic vision to cure children regardless of their ability to pay. ECN and CCHF are equally grateful for Dr. El-Erian’s support of their tireless efforts to make CCHE be a world leader in pediatric cancer care. With Dr. El-Erian’s help, CCHE, by way of ECN and CCHF, is truly on the way to achieving its expansion goal to serve and cure more children in Egypt.