The Housing and Development Bank contributed EGP 9 million to participate in the construction of the new Magdi Yacoub International Heart Center in Cairo, which will become the largest center in Egypt and the Middle East to provide free health care to cardiovascular patients.

This step comes as an affirmation of the Bank's keenness to be an active member of society by contributing to initiatives and programs that have a tangible impact on sustainable development.

Hassan Ghanem, Chairman and Managing Director of the Housing and Development Bank, explained that the Bank pays great attention to social responsibility and always seeks to support various vital sectors in the country, believing in the vital role played by financial and banking institutions in the field of social responsibility and sustainable development, as their effective participation with community institutions Civil non-profit has effective results to provide community support to the largest number of beneficiaries

He added that supporting the health care sector comes at the top of the bank's strategy for social responsibility during the previous years, in line with the directions of the Egyptian state in upgrading the medical system in Egypt, by launching a series of positive initiatives and providing support to many hospitals, in addition to participating in protocols aimed at creating a positive and sustainable impact on this sector.

Ghanem Ali affirmed his pride in cooperating with one of the leading national institutions in the field of health care, the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation, which works to provide free medical services to patients with heart and blood vessels.

The Magdi Yacoub Foundation for Heart Diseases and Research announced that the new center in Cairo, which is expected to be completed in 2023, aims to provide health care services and conduct free cardiovascular operations and surgeries for heart patients, with a capacity of 120,000 patients and 12,000 surgeries and catheters. heart attacks annually, 60% of which are for children