In continuation of its pioneering community role, QNB , a subsidiary of QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, signed a cooperation protocol with Baheya Medical Foundation, with the aim of contributing to equipping this medical facility.
Under the cooperation between the two institutions, the bank will undertake the equipping of the emergency waiting wing in the Sheikh Zayed Building, affiliated with the Baheya Foundation.
The cooperation protocol was signed by Mr. Mohamed Bedeir, CEO of QNB , and Engineer Tamer Shawqi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Baheya Foundation, in the presence of Dr. Gilan Ahmed, CEO of the Baheya Foundation, and Mr. Tarek Fayed, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the CEO, Mr. Sameh Badri, Chief Operating Officer, and Ms. Laila Mohamed Hassan, Head of the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility Department, in addition to a number of leaders of the Bank and the Corporation.
In this context, Mr. Mohamed Bedeir, CEO of QNB , stated that the cooperation protocol with Baheya Foundation comes in light of the bank’s interest in the social responsibility sector, and participation with all the leading institutions in supporting the health and medical sector in Egypt in order to contribute to alleviating and treating patients. He stressed on the bank’s eagerness to complete the role it began with Baheya since its founding, as it is considered the most important medical institution that treats breast cancer patients and praises the efforts made by the institution in providing a distinguished level of service.
He pointed out that interest in the health sector has an impact on health society that is capable of effectively contributing to the development of the economy, pointing out that QNB is developing innovative financial products that meet the needs of the health sector, such as affordable health insurance, financing medical projects, and providing financial advice and consultations to health organizations and hospitals to improve their efficiency and development.
It is remarkable that social responsibility is an integral part of the bank’s strategy to work in the Egyptian market because of its positive effects on the levels of many sectors, the most important of which are education, health, sustainability, the economy and social empowerment of women and youth, which is what the bank is doing to achieve the goals of sustainable development, Egypt’s Vision 2030, and the directives of the Central Bank of Egypt.