Kasr AL Ainy Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى قصر العيني) is a research and teaching hospital in Cairo, Egypt. This hospital is affiliated with the Kasr AL Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and was founded on March 11, 1827.[1][2]
In 1827, a medical school was established and attached to a military hospital in Abu Zaabal. The French doctor Antoine ClotBey (Antoine Clot) became the first director of the medical school and hospital.[2]
In 1837, the medical school and hospital was moved to Qasr El Eyni Street in Cairo. The hospital was renamed as "Qasr El Eyni hospital".
In 1838, The first school for midwifery was established in Qasr El Eyni Hospital.
In 1848, Clot Bey resigned and went back to France.
In 1855, Clot Bey was re-appointed director of medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital.
In 1858, Clot Bey returned to France for health reasons.
In 1925, the medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital joined Cairo University. Dr. Welson was appointed as the new director of the hospital.
From 1929 to 1940, Dr. Aly Basha Ebrahim was appointed the Dean of the faculty and the director of the hospital.
In 1980, the Qasr El Eyni hospital was closed and the building was taken down.
In 1984, a contract for building the new Qasr El Eyni hospital was awarded to a French consortium formed from Sogya Company, Eypoty De Franc company and Set Folky.
In 1995, the new hospital buildings were completed. The cost of the new hospital was over 800 million F or around £E150 million.
In November 1995, Cairo university started the first employment stage of the new Qasr El Eyni hospital.
Cairo University - Abu El Resh Pediatric University Hospital
Cairo University - National Cancer Institute
Cairo University - National Laser Institute
"Military hospital of Kasr El Ainy, organised in 1837 after the evacuation of the hospital of Abou-Zabel." The history of medical education in Egypt (1935). Image from the Wellcome Collection.
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Qasr Al-Aini Hospital, official website.
Qasr Al-Aini Hospital, official website (Older, archived version).
Cairo University Faculty of Medicine Official Website.
Cairo University Urology Department Official Website.
Egyptian Association For International Medical Studies (EAIMS)[1]
International Relations Office for Cairo University