Nineteen years ago, Baheya Osman lost her battle with breast cancer. Baheya was one of the thousands of women in Egypt to be afflicted with breast cancer. She realized throughout the course of her battle that receiving proper treatment is an arduous ordeal but she was also one of the lucky few with the financial means to seek treatment for her illness without being crippled by the medical bills. Two years ago, in hopes of preserving Baheya’s memory and preventing her battle with cancer from being forgotten, Baheya’s children erected the Baheya Cancer Hospital where their mother’s house once stood in Al-Haram district. Now, standing six stories high on a 10,000-square-meter stretch of land, Baheya Cancer Hospital is the first breast cancer hospital in the Middle East to offer its services – from mammograms to chemotherapy to psychological support – to women for free. Nineteen years after Baheya passed away, 35-year-old widow Hala* is receiving treatment at Baheya Hospital, completely free of charge. If Hala’s cancer had appeared just two years ago, she might not have been able to receive the necessary treatment due to its high cost. Instead, Hala…
How You Can Help the 45,000 Egyptian Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Each Year
October 31, 2016
