Under the patronage of Professor Ahmed El-Menshawy, President of Assiut University, Professor Mohamed Adawy, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, inaugurated a children's park and an outlet for the sale of food commodities at the South Egypt Cancer Institute, as part of the university's support for the development of services provided to patients.

This came in the presence of Dr. Mohamed Abou El-Magd, Dean of the Institute, Dr. Amr Farouk Murad, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Ibrahim Abu El-Oyoun, Director of the University Oncology Hospital, and Dr. Khaled Fathi Riyad, Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the Institute.

The comprehensive replacement and renovation work of the children's park has been completed and fully developed, and it has been provided with modern recreational games to provide a safe outlet for sick children, which contributes to improving their psychological state and raising their morale during the treatment journey, confirming the university's interest in humanitarian aspects in addition to specialized medical care.

A food outlet was also opened, with the aim of providing the basic needs of patients and their companions at reasonable prices, and reducing their living burdens inside the hospital, reflecting the societal role of the university.

Professor Ahmed El-Menshawy stressed that the opening of the children's park and the outlet for the sale of food commodities at the South Egypt Cancer Institute is an important step to support the service of patients, especially children, by providing a more humane therapeutic environment that takes into account psychological aspects in addition to medical care, and contributes to reducing the burden on patients and their companions, thus enhancing the quality of services provided within the institute.

Professor Mohamed Adawy stressed that this step comes within the university's strategy to enhance its social and humanitarian responsibility, and work to create an integrated therapeutic environment that takes into account psychological and social aspects in addition to medical services, pointing out that supporting the psychological state of children with oncology represents an important element in improving their response to treatment and enhancing the chances of recovery.

For his part, Dr. Mohamed Abou El-Magd praised the continuous support of the university's administration to the institute, and its keenness to implement development projects that contribute to improving the quality of health services, and providing a supportive, humane therapeutic environment within the institute, which enhances the position of Assiut University as a leading educational and medical institution in Upper Egypt.