Cairo: Japan is providing Egypt with a grant worth USD 3.38 million to keep hospitals affected by developments in the war-battered Gaza Strip afloat, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Monday. The grant agreement is a by-product of the long-standing cooperation between Cairo and Tokyo, particularly, in the healthcare sector, according to a ministry statement, citing the grant as an effort to enable Egypt to "cope" with sudden crises.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the grant aims to support Egyptian healthcare facilities that receive Palestinian patients from the Gaza Strip, at a time where these hospitals have been overstretched as a result of severe overcrowding, added the statement.
It went on to reiterate the "strategic depth" of relations between Egypt and Japan, underlining the significance of the grant agreement in cushioning the impact of the Gaza war on Egyptian healthcare, the statement underlined.