Within the framework of its national role and social responsibility, and in implementation of the objectives of the presidential initiative “A New Beginning for Human Building,” the Agricultural Bank of Egypt and the Egyptian Ambulance Authority signed a cooperation protocol under the auspices of the Central Bank of Egypt with the aim of developing and raising the efficiency of ambulance points in a number of governorates, through the establishment of the Agricultural Bank of Egypt. By providing the necessary equipment for 100 ambulance points on highways, as a contribution from the Bank to strengthening the vital role played by the Ambulance Authority in providing urgent health care to citizens in those governorates.
The protocol was signed by Sami Abdel Sadiq, Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Bank of Egypt, and Dr. Amr Rashid, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, in the presence of Professor Ghada Tawfiq, Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt for Social Responsibility, and a number of leaders and officials of the Agricultural Bank of Egypt and the Ambulance Authority.
This protocol comes in implementation of the directives of the Central Bank of Egypt to urge the banking sector to finance and implement a number of priority projects in the areas of social responsibility and financial inclusion, which contributes to achieving the goals of the presidential initiative “A New Beginning for Human Building,” which represents a model of cooperation between all state institutions to provide support. For all segments of society and lifting the burden on citizens to improve their quality of life.
According to the protocol, the Agricultural Bank of Egypt is contributing to providing the necessary equipment, including beds, electrical appliances, and others, to furnish 100 ambulance points on highways and main axes in each of the governorates of Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Sohag, New Valley, and the Red Sea, to contribute to raising the efficiency of the infrastructure of the ambulance system and enhancing its role. In providing ambulance services to citizens in emergency medical cases.
On this occasion, Mr. Sami Abdel Sadiq, Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Bank of Egypt, expressed his happiness with the fruitful and constructive cooperation with the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, appreciating the important role played by this vital facility in providing urgent medical care services to save the lives of many citizens every day.
He stressed that signing a cooperation protocol with the Ambulance Authority comes from the Agricultural Bank of Egypt’s keenness to support all the state’s efforts to achieve sustainable development in its comprehensive sense, and its societal role in supporting all pioneering initiatives to advance society, raise the standard of living of citizens, and improve their quality of life, which represents a realistic translation of the initiative. Presidential Council “a new beginning for building humanity,” stressing that this initiative would bring about integrated human development to build the Egyptian citizen and create a generation capable of preserving the nation’s capabilities and participating effectively in the comprehensive development process to achieve Egypt’s Vision 2030.
He pointed out that this protocol represents the beginning of the implementation of a number of promising projects in coordination with all state institutions in the fields of health, education, economic empowerment and rural development, within the “A New Beginning for Human Building” initiative in line with the Central Bank of Egypt’s strategy for social responsibility.
In the same context, Dr. Amr Rashid stressed that the signing of this protocol is a realistic translation of the concept of complementarity between all state institutions, with its broad societal perspective, which places the health, safety and security of the Egyptian citizen at the top of its priorities, as the main engine of the development engine, which paves the way for achieving the leadership’s vision. The policy for Egypt 2030, the nucleus of which crystallized around our new republic, whose features were shaped by distinct presidential initiatives, generally sided with the neediest groups in our Egyptian society, foremost of which is the Decent Life Initiative, which contributed to improving basic services for the people of the villages and countryside of Egypt at an unprecedented pace, to be reached by shovels. Construction and development, which included the inauguration of new ambulance points, supported by the Life Decent Ambulance Fleet, to serve the villages and centers most in need, to complete this achievement with this exceptional step, which will contribute to the entry of many points of the Life Decent Fleet into service, under the sponsorship of the Central Bank of Egypt, which represents the pillar and pillar of the system. The Egyptian banker, who succeeded in achieving the concept of financial inclusion, which serves the values and meanings of societal stability, and in cooperation with the Agricultural Bank of Egypt, which represents one of the most important historical economic fortresses that supported the Egyptian farmer for decades, not only on the financial level but also on the societal and health level, and this is the best proof. Therefore, this is the exceptional step embodied in that protocol, which represents one of the fruits of the Bedaya Initiative supervised by Professor Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, which aims to unify all the efforts of state institutions and agencies under one umbrella, which is “a new beginning for human building.” “Egyptian.”
