The Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 is threatened with closure after a number of sources revealed a “lack of donations and funding” in the final quarters of 2022. With this lack of funding and current inflation, costs and financial burdens on the hospital have continued to worsen. Sources told Masrawy that donations during this period have plummeted by 80 to 88 percent, in comparison to previous years. This has prompted 57357 to liquidate its final deposit in order to treat its 18,000 child patients. The decline in funding has come hand in hand with local inflation and exchange rate fluctuations, most notably the exponential rise of the United States’ Dollar in comparison to the Egyptian Pound. This has resulted in the three-time increase in treatment costs. The hospital has since limited its monitoring of patients above the age of 22, as opposed to its usual threshold of 25. “A child with cancer is treated for three years at the hospital, and followed up with until they are 25,” a source told Masrawy, “that has since changed.” In addition to this stipulation, the hospital has also announced its inability to receive additional…
Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 At Risk of Closure Due to Lack of Funding
December 21, 2022
