Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Ahmed Zaki Badr, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of October 6 University, Prof. Dr. Mamdouh Mustafa Ghorab, President of the University, and Prof. Dr. Hisham Tamraz, Vice President for Environmental Affairs and Community Service, October 6 University, in cooperation with the Sheikh Al-Hosary Association, participated in a comprehensive awareness convoy doctor, on Tuesday, 29/10/2024 to the village of Minya in Al-Saff Center in Giza, where the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Physical Therapy, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the College of Nursing and the College of Applied Health Sciences Technology participated in the convoy, The Faculty of Media and Communication Arts also participated in the media coverage of the convoy.
The services were divided into several sectors, where the College of Medicine equipped 4 clinics to examine the people in the specialties of internal medicine, pediatrics, dermatology and orthopedics, in addition to oral and dental clinics, which conducted 317 examinations, and the physiotherapy clinic, which conducted a test for 10 cases, and the College of Nursing, which conducted 100 tests for the level of random sugar in the blood and discovered 9 new cases of sugar 50, and the College of Applied Health Sciences Technology conducted a virus analysis Hepatitis B and C for 50 cases.
In a precedent that did not happen before, the number of cases that were detected reached a number not seen in previous convoys, with a total number of 949 cases in all specialties, medicines were dispensed to all of them, and dental care means of pastes and brushes were distributed to all those who frequented the convoy, which met the satisfaction and approval of the people of the village who demanded the repetition of convoys for this place and the neighboring villages most in need.