Palm Hills Developments (PHD) converts a 200-room tourist establishment to a quarantine facility- all expenses covered- to the Ministry of Health, Invest-Gate reports.

Yasseen Mansour, Chairman of Palm Hills Developments, has announced the real estate corporation’s donation of a 200-room touristic complex to the Ministry of Health.

The accommodation expenses are to be fully-covered by Palm Hills Developments and the complex is to house those working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis including doctors and service staff in addition to inflicted patients and quarantined individuals, of which there have been 71 positive cases identified and safely placed within the complex to date. In addition, EGP 5 million in funds have also been donated by Mr. Mansour to aid the Ministry of Health’s laboratory facilities for research and operational expenses.

“Egypt, like all countries across the globe, is currently facing a crisis, one that requires everyone to unite in order to overcome. We must all do our part to help our country and countrymen through adhering to local regulations, compassion, and tolerance.

As the health and safety of our fellow Egyptians are of the utmost priority during this time, we have contacted and coordinated with the Minister of Health, Dr. Hala Zayed to discuss all avenues in which Palm Hills Developments can aid in the fight against COVID-19,” Mansour expressed.

Owned by Palm Hills Developments, Mansour Group, and the Mansour-Maghraby Investment and Development Company, the 200-room complex delegated to the Ministry of Health is located within Cairo and is ready for the immediate quarantining of suspected or confirmed cases.

To support the affected communities and families under the nation’s social protection plan, Palm Hills Developments, in partnership with the Orman Charity Association, has pioneered the relief efforts by assisting over 10,000 families across Egypt through 2.5 million EGP worth of aid in the first weeks of the crisis.