Children's Cancer Hospital in Egypt recognizes Cisco

An honorary trophy was presented to Cisco during a prestigious event to demonstrate the hospital's appreciation to Cisco for providing an innovative network solution that is specialized for healthcare facilities, and sharing the hospital's vision of building a world class hospital in Egypt.

'We were looking for a technology vendor that shared our vision for an ICT-centric healthcare strategy on one hand, and can share our passion to build an all-digital medical facility that can offer better treatment to our patients,'

said Dr. Mohamed Hany M. Hussein - Professor of Pediatric Oncology Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 General Manager.

He added, 'Cisco's renowned expertise in IP networking, plus the fact that Cisco has a global successful track record in this field gave us both confidence and assurance of a successful relationship.'

Hospital 57357 is one of the first success stories of a successful end-to-end all Cisco connected healthcare implementation in the region. With the results achieved today, the implementation has set new standards for planning and operating hospitals, defining future best practice for healthcare-related institutions and providers in Egypt. The Cisco-based infrastructure has been highly successful to Hospital 57357 in more ways than one. First, it has enabled the hospital to raise the quality of healthcare provision by giving clinical staff rapid, secure access to online patient records and medical images from anywhere in the building. This, in turn, allowed Hospital 57357 medical staffs to access accurate and up-to-date patient information that help them treat patients more quickly and efficiently.

'We are very pleased that Hospital 57357 chose Cisco to be part of this noble project. This effort underlines Cisco's global 'connected health' vision to help healthcare organizations, such as Hospital 57357, build a communications system that enables caregivers to make more timely decisions and facilitate better healthcare quality, safety, and affordability,' said Hani Abdelaziz, general manager of Cisco Egypt. 'With its vision, Hospital 57357 is redefining the important role ICT plays in the healthcare industry in Egypt today. We look forward to replicate this success and extend it to more medical facility in the country.'

Cisco Unified Communications solutions are a major component and as an integration point for a wide variety of inter-staff communication systems. Helping hospital staff and systems collaborate and share information efficiently, securely and with highest levels of security and reliability. A core infrastructure comprising Cisco Catalyst 3650 and 6500 Series Switches supports a campus-wide Cisco wireless network and enables IP telephony, using Cisco Unified Communications Manager technology that provides call processing for Cisco Unified IP phones.

Thanks to the wireless infrastructure, everyone on the campus - patients, visitors and hospital staff - can have access to the Internet via fast and secure connections. 'Cisco helped us rollout a wireless network that does not interfere with hospital equipment, thus eliminating any risks to patients' health. The system has wide coverage, it is easy to manage, and it supports a wide range of devices and applications for staff, patients and visitors,' said Sherif Abu El Naga- (Vice President Academic Affairs, Research & Outreach Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357)

This service has helped increase mobility, hence responsive of staff and their service to patients. Efficient and safe LAN, WAN and Internet links have also provided staff with a more comfortable and flexible work environment. 'From monitoring, to operational continuity, to being able to engineer a system that fully integrates with our existing environment, Cisco is able to bring a total solution,' concluded Eng. Mohamed Arafat -Chief Information Officer of CCHE 57357.