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A cooperation protocol between Ain Shams University and Sanofi Pharmaceutical Company

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, and Dr. Ahmed Hegazy, General Manager of Sanofi Company for Specialized Care in Egypt and Sudan, signed a cooperation protocol dealing with the design, launch, management and development of a remote consultation application that is applied in order to facilitate interaction between doctors and patients under the auspices of Sanofi Company. The service will be launched as clinics for patients with atopic eczema and chest allergies for Ain Shams University hospitals in cooperation with Departments of chest diseases headed by Prof. Dr. Yasser Mustafa, and dermatology headed by Prof. Dr. Hanan Saleh, Faculty of Medicine.

         
   
         

Attended the signing of the protocol Prof. Dr. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Dr. Hesham Tamraz, Vice President for Community Affairs and Environmental Development, Dr. Ghada Michel, Head of Communications and Community Service Sector at Sanofi Egypt and Sudan, Dr. Ahmed Sabry, Director of the Immunology Unit at Sanofi for Specialized Care at Sanofi Egypt.

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of the University, welcomed the attendees, stressing the importance of the role played by private companies such as Sanofi and fruitful cooperation in the medical field, especially in light of the recent pandemics.

   
   

Dr. Hegazy expressed his happiness to be in Ain Shams University and to cooperate with the university's leadership in order to achieve development and improve the lives of patients that the company seeks through this protocol.

It is worth noting that the application addresses a patient-centered digital ecosystem to address and eliminate the challenges facing the healthcare system that have come to the fore due to the pandemic and to enable patients to effectively manage their health.

The digital ecosystem facilitates interactions between health care providers and patients, remote medical consultations, patient follow-up and allows them to access other home health care services, and the proposed ecosystem can be integrated into a single platform at later stages.