Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish agreed to establish a high-level international hospital in east Port Said.

Head of the Suez Canal Authority's emergency hospital Gasser El Shaer said the hospital is scheduled to be established on 10,395 square meters.

The six-floor hospital will include 350 beds and will serve the staff of the Suez Canal Authority and citizens of the Suez Canal region, he added.

El Shaer said a company of the Armed Forces' National Service authority will implement the project to be opened in October 2016.