Fundraising for the hospital, including well-attended benefit festivals, started in 1998, with a target date for opening of December 2003. It renamed itself to 57357 for a period after the bank account for donations and carried the name across the many festivals to remind people of how to donate. The hospital eventually opened in 2007, The building only took up half the allocated plot of land, with the intention of future expansion. Each floor was themed with a different colour, for example, the basement floor was coloured
aquamarine and themed with underwater discovery. 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. ==Facilities==