abbassiah

Updated: May 1, 2025

Since the camp was opened there have been 35 cases of tertian ague, all from the Hedjaz, Mecca, Taïf and Jeddah; but no case of aggravated malaria. Eleven cases of tuberculosis were sent into the Egyptian Red Cross hospitals and to that at Abbassiah. Six cases of trachoma are now undergoing treatment with applications of protargol. In summer there have been a few cases of ordinary diarrhoea.

International Committee of the Red Cross - Turkish Prisoners in Egypt : A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross

On their part, the English officers and non-commissioned officers declared that the prisoners are well disciplined and very willing. In short, we took away with us an excellent impression of Heliopolis Camp. Hospital No. 2, at Abbassiah, near Cairo.~

International Committee of the Red Cross - Turkish Prisoners in Egypt : A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross

We visited the camps of Heliopolis, Maadi, the Citadel of Cairo, Ras-el-Tin, Sidi Bishr, and the hospitals of Abbassiah and the Egyptian Red Cross. The camps are situated in healthy localities, and their dimensions are amply sufficient for the population that they hold. The accommodation seems to us exactly suited to the conditions of the country and climate.

International Committee of the Red Cross - Turkish Prisoners in Egypt : A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross