History
The school of medicine was called el-Demerdash School of Medicine, before establishment of the University. The original El-Demerdash Hospital was established on August 5, 1928 by a generous grant from El-Demerdash Pasha and his wife and daughter. It was built on 12,400 square metres, and had 90 beds and the following sections: quarters for a resident physician and chief nurse, two wards, a surgery unit, out-patient clinic, a laboratory, kitchen, laundry room, isolation ward, an autopsy department and a mosque containing the mausoleum for the El-Demerdash family. The foundation of the hospital was witnessed by many people representing all the society of Egypt and also by the two most powerful figures in the country in that time: Lord George Lloyd (later on George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd), the British high commissioner, and Prime Minister of Egypt Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha. The opening ceremony was covered by Al Ahram, The Times and the Near East journals. It was officially opened on May 5, 1931. The hospital later on became the nucleus around which the Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine and teaching hospitals were formed. A memorial metallic plate and a marble monument were erected to mark this event.
The translation of the metallic plate is: "The honourable late Pasha Abdel-Rahim Moustafa El-Demerdash (may he have all God's forgiveness) and the two ladies his wife Zainab Hanem El-Demerdashiah and his daughter Qout Alqoulob Hanem El-Demerdashiah have donated—on the 5th of August 1928—by the piece of land on which this Hospital was erected which is 15,000 meter square, and donated the sum of 100,000 Egyptian Royal Pounds to be divided as 40,000 for the building of the hospital and 60,000 to be put into a Waqf and its benefits are dedicated to the expenses of running the hospital."
This was in the time of his Royal Highness King Fouad I, king of Egypt, and his Excellency Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha the Minister. The official royal building authority supervised the building of the hospital. Also the public health authority, headed by his Excellency Doctor Mohammed Shahin Pasha, equipped the hospital and started its management in 1931. His Excellency Ismail Sedky Pasha, the Prime Minister, officially opened the Hospital on May 5, 1931 (outpatient clinic) and on May 20, 1931 (inpatients wards) to offer free treatment for all diseases for all people of all religions and nationalities.
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