27/08/2026
From clinical exchange to lasting collaboration.
What began with an initial visit in April, followed by online discussions in July, came to life this August at Al-Hussein University Hospital, Al-Azhar University.
As part of the Egypt program of the China-Africa Hospitals Alliance Critical Care Working Group, Chinese and Egyptian clinicians came together around real cases and real clinical decisions. Local physicians shared complex ICU cases, while Prof. Ming Zhong, Director of Critical Care Medicine at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, brought perspectives from an individualized ARDS case — exploring how driving pressure, lung compliance and EIT can support more patient-specific decisions.
“Treatment cannot be one size fits all,” Prof. Zhong emphasized.
The exchange extended from case discussion to ICU-based hands-on learning, with the ventilation workshop brought directly into the ICU and young clinicians actively involved.
As one Egyptian clinician reflected, “Our goal is not just to save life. Our goal is to return the patient to life.”
The program concluded with the signing of an MOU between Comen, Prof. Ming Zhong, and Prof. Muhammad Hashish, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Al-Hussein University Hospital, formalizing a shared commitment to deeper cooperation through continued case exchange, physician development, academic visits and future research collaboration.
Supported and facilitated by Comen.
