People clamored against the government's policy. The government was obliged to ask for the help of the English surgeon, Mr. Harrison. He had come to operate on one of the head courtiers and was asked to set up a new system for the School together with help from the British Royal College for doctors and surgeons. This helped greatly and the School made palpable progress to raise its standard. Sir Cooper Perry was appointed to set a new system for the School. It benefited by that system and it brought efficient foreign professors of different nationalities. To tell
the truth, the School flourished. The first and second years were the same as those of the schools of England. Though efficient doctors taught clinical education, yet the teaching was mostly theoretical. Students did not have individual care. Only the talented students excelled.
When Saad Pasha Zaghloul became Minister of Education in 1908, he suggested that education in high schools should be in Arabic and that the teaching staff should consist of Egyptian professors. The case before him at that time was the fact that there were a very small number of qualified Egyptians. Thus he decided to resume scientific missions abroad. It is acknowledged that at that time, all professors and assistants of the Faculty of Medicine were foreigners.
In 1908, the first Egyptian professor, Dr. Bahgat Wahby was appointed. He headed the Anatomy Department after the famous learner Elliot Smith. Dr. Bahgat was a glory to Egypt. When he represented the (Egyptian government in London in the International Medical Conference in 1913, he was given a certain area to display his important exhibits. H was internationally welcomed. He exhibited metallic moulds of the blood supply of the brain, lungs and kidneys.
People went on private missions to get more education. There were 9
Ismail Pasha, who both went abroad and were able to get the higher,
Others went abroad on governmental missions. More than 40 doctors were sent abroad like Dr. Mohamed Khalil Abdel-Khalek, Dr. Soliman Azmy, Dr. Mahmoud Erfan, Dr. Georgy Sobhy, Dr. Ibrahim Fahmy El-Meniawy, Dr. Abd EI-Wahab Moro, Dr. Naguib Makar, Dr. Ibrahim Shawky, Dr. Ahmed Hamed and others. They and their successors decided to shoulder the burden of teaching the coming generations of doctors. When the First World War broke out, the British were forced to assist the Egyptian doctors. They lessened their opposition to appoint
Egyptians in the Faculty of Medicine, and so the number of Egyptian professors increased.
In 1919, Dr. Keating gave up being the President of the School. The British surgeon, Professor Richard, succeeded him. He began to revive the school. He tried to set a system to increase the number of those who wished to join the school to fulfill the country's need for doctors. He lengthened the time of practical education. He appointed some Egyptians as professors. Saleh Bey Hamdy succeeded him as vice-president. In his days, some of the British professors were retired on pension according to Act 27 After Saleh Bey, Dr.
Wilson was appointed, then came Mr. Maden who later on became the Dean.
In 1927, it was settled that they should increase and arrange the Faculty of Medicine and establish a new hospital with 1200 beds and a new modern medical school. A universal competition was held. Those who won the first prize were the two engineers, Nicholas and Dickson from London. There is a story told by Prof. Dr. Aly Ibrahim, who said «King Fouad wanted to build a palace for his son Farouk on the site of Kasr El-A mi so that it might be near the palace of his competitor Prince Mohamed Ah». Aly Pasha Ibrahim opposed
the idea in Parliament saying, « The King has many palaces and can give one of them to Farouk. The Egyptian patient is poor, and is more deserving of this area». The parliament agreed to what Ah Pasha Ibrahim said. King
King Fouad lay the foundation of the new Faculty and its hospital on 16th December 1928 after having laid the foundation of the Egyptian University on 7th February 1928.
Aly Pasha Ibrahim did not only build the new hospital, but he also developed the old hospital and carried out changes till Kasr El-Aini became one of the up-to-date hospitals at that time. He supplied it with elevators and hot water. He changed kitchens and laundries, and made them work with electricity. He and his colleagues laid the foundation for a hospital with 2000 beds, and also a possible future expansion in the form of a fourth floor to contain 360 beds. He established the administrative building, the exam hall, and the
School of Pharmacology. He bought the building of the Child-Protection Society and transferred it into the Children's Department with 120 beds. At present, this building is a hospital for children.
Thank heavens ! The true Egyptian administration returned to Kasr El- Aini School in May 1929. The first of May 1929 is a day that will not be forgotten in the history of modern Egyptian medicine. In that day Kasr El-Aini Council held a meeting and elected Aly Pasha Ibrahim Dean of the Faculty (;)f Medicine and director of Kasr El-Aini.
The renaissance was due to Aly Pasha Ibrahim, the pioneer of modern Egyptian Medicine. Kasr EI-Aini continues to tower high till the present time as a symbol of genius and of the Egyptian noble origin no less than the pyramids and the Sphinx.