With 320 beds, the building is the largest pediatric oncology hospital in the world.

Fundraising for the hospital, including well-attended benefit festivals, started in 1998, with a target date for opening of December 2003.

[1] The hospital eventually opened in 2007,[2] The building only took up half the allocated plot of land, with the intention of future expansion.

[3] One reason that the project was successful is that the Grand Mufti in Egypt had declared that the fundraising campaign would constitute a legitimate zakat.

The hospital treats nearly half of all pediatric cancer cases in Egypt.