Arabian Construction Company (ACC) said it has been awarded the contract for the construction of the first phase of an extension to the specialist Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357.

The $200-million hospital expansion project will see ACC build two more buildings, an outpatient centre extending over 8,500 sq m area and an administrative smart building. Both comprise three basements, a ground floor and 13 subsequent floors.

The outpatient centre also includes a bridge link back to the main building, said the company in a statement.

The planned extension will upgrade the facility so that it continues to offer first-class paediatric cancer care for children, it added.  

Constructed by ACC and opened in 2007, it is one of the largest children's cancer hospitals in the world, providing world-class cancer care and treatment to infants and junior patients from Egypt and around the world.

ACC Egypt general manager Salah El Kadi said: "ACC is honoured to have its construction expertise called upon once more to expand the Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, one of the world’s most established and highly-regarded cancer hospitals."

"We are delighted to take this fine institution forward to its next phase. To be invited back for the next chapter in the hospital’s development is a testament of the high quality of work we have produced for the hospital since its inception," noted El Kadi.

This expansion, he stated, will improve the hospital’s facilities thus upgrading its ability to serve more patients.

"We will work to the same high standards of ACC to ensure that children who visit this hospital for cancer treatment, both from Egypt and around the world, are provided with the very best in 21st century cancer care," he added.-TradeArabia News Service