Workshop to support ketogenic diet patients at Ain Shams University Children's Hospital

The Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, organized a workshop to support ketogenic diet patients, under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Ashraf Omar, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Dr. Ali Al-Anwar, Executive Director of Ain Shams University Hospitals, Prof. Dr. Yasmine Gamal, Director General of Children's Hospital, Prof. Dr. Manal Hamdi El-Sayed, Head of the Pediatric Department, Ain Shams University.

Participated in the activities of the workshop organized by the Pediatric Department, specializing in Pediatric Neurology and Clinical Nutrition in Children, where he participated from the Clinical Nutrition Department, Prof. Dr. Ihab Khairy, Prof. Dr. Mai Nassar, Dr. Come on Issam, and from the Department of Pediatric Neurology Prof. Dr. Umniah Al-Rashidi, Dr. Menna Allah Shata Assistant Professor, Dr. Menna Zakaria, Dr. Osama Al-Sharqawi, and a group of professors from the department.

The events included a lecture by Prof. Dr. Yasmine Gamal, Director General of the Children's Hospital, in addition to the meeting of professors of pediatric neurology and clinical nutrition in children with the patients' families, answering all their inquiries, presenting a presentation of the responding cases and clarifying the role of parents in the success of this treatment system.

The supportive team for ketogenic diet patients also distributed a bag of baked goods that were prepared in the medical kitchen at the Children’s Hospital to contribute to lifting the burdens on parents and providing part of the children’s nutritional needs, which the support group does periodically for patients.