governor’s

Dr. Ayman Al-Shehabi, Governor of Damietta, made an inspection visit to the Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment Hospital, located on an area of ​​17 thousand square meters in the city of New Damietta, attached to the General Secretariat of Mental Health and Treatment Slavery at the Ministry of Health and Population, when he was with Engineer Shaima Al-Siddiq, Deputy Governor Damietta, and came in the presence of Representative Hanaa, a member of the House of Representatives, and Engineer Ashraf Fathi, head of the New Damietta City Development Authority.

The Governor inspected hospital departments in the current building, which included outpatient clinics for addiction treatment, mental health, women’s health, and smoking cessation, as well as the center reception and emergency that works 24 hours a day, a medical research laboratory, another drug analysis laboratory, a pharmacy, and also a harm reduction unit for addiction treatment that includes 2 bed, a clinic for children in the morning and teenagers in the evening, as well as an addiction treatment unit for men, and two departments. for detoxification and rehabilitation.

During the visit, the “Governor of Damietta” listened to a detailed explanation of the working mechanism from Dr. Shaima Al-Bashbishi, Director of the Hospital, to provide medical services for the treatment of mental health and addiction to approximately 45 patients per day. the operation of the main building of the hospital, which is being implemented through the​​​​ Arab Contractors and Disability Company Facing the completion process, discussed Dr. Ayman Al-Shehabi found ways to avoid these obstacles and developed a plan to complete the building according to a specific schedule.

He emphasized the need to work at the same time to complete work levels quickly, and the commitment to maintain coordination with the Ministry of Health and Housing, to complete this project as soon as possible, given the importance of the hospital, which is considered one. of the most important and largest hospitals specializing in mental health and addiction treatment, in the Delta region to serve patients in the Damietta Governorate and surrounding areas.

In another context, the Governor of Damietta, Dr. Ayman Al-Shehabi, made an inspection visit to the Palace of Culture in the city of Damietta, to follow up on the management situation of the ongoing work to restore it, which began in 2021. , in the presence of Engineer Shaima Al-Siddiq, Deputy Governor of Damietta, and Fadi Girgis, Director General of the Authority Culture in Damietta.

The “Governor” discussed the current location of the headquarters, which covers an area of ​​2,500 square meters and includes the branch of the authority, the Children’s Culture Palace, and the Damietta City Culture Palace, which houses summer play and theater that. to be expanded as part of the restoration work, as well as an exhibition of fine arts, a literary club, a women’s club, and halls for activities, as discussed during the meeting the palace and the methods for these works completed and completed to reopen and run and host activities and events. Cultural.

The Governor also inspected the New Damietta City Palace of Culture in the presence of Engineer Ashraf Fathi, head of the New Damietta City Development Authority, where he was informed about the current status of the palace, which covers an area of ​​10,000 square meters, and include a theater, a plastic arts hall, activity halls, and an administrative building that has 3 floors, and they studied the theater, which can 1,000 people, to discuss the reasons for its discontinuation, the obstacles facing the operation of the palace, and the mechanisms to get the most benefit from this. The cultural property by increasing investment opportunities and developing a specific plan to carry out the work required to operate and benefit from this cultural property.

Dr. confirmed. Ayman Al-Shehabi the willingness of the government and the Ministry of Culture to prepare a road map to implement these plans, out of belief in the place of culture palaces as cultural and enlightening beacons that contribute to development and raising young people. and spreading the colors of culture and art.