The Coptic Hospital is a name given to a hospital in Cairo

Cairo

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Egypt

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History

The idea of establishing a hospital by the Coptic Orthodox Church started in the late 19th century; in the 1920s in a group of Coptic doctors met together on a regular basis for fellowship and discussion. This group included El Menyawi Pasha and Naguib Pasha Mahfouz

Naguib Pasha Mahfouz

Naguib Mikhail Mahfouz is known as the father of obstetrics and gynaecology in Egypt and was a pioneer in obstetric fistula.-Early life:Mahfouz was born to a Coptic Christian family on the January 5, 1882 in the city of Mansoura in the delta of Egypt. He joined Kasr El Aini Medical School in 1898,...

. On of the blessings of these meetings was the formation of the first Coptic hospital, opened in Azbakeya

Azbakeya

Azbakeya is one of the districts of Cairo, Egypt in the centre of Cairo, and contains many historically important establishments.One of these is the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral , which was inaugurated by Pope Mark VIII in 1800. and served as the seat of the Coptic Pope in Cairo from...

. Naguib Pasha Mahfouz

Naguib Pasha Mahfouz

Naguib Mikhail Mahfouz is known as the father of obstetrics and gynaecology in Egypt and was a pioneer in obstetric fistula.-Early life:Mahfouz was born to a Coptic Christian family on the January 5, 1882 in the city of Mansoura in the delta of Egypt. He joined Kasr El Aini Medical School in 1898,...

 worked in it.

Cairo Coptic Hospital was nationalised in the 1960s and it is currently run by a government body. The Coptic Church continued to give the name to its hospitals outside Egypt.