President Michel Aoun on Monday evening inaugurated in Ashrafieh the non-profit "Oasis De Vie" project for the Lebanese elderly and patients with Alzheimer.

Today's inauguration comes seven years after laying the cornerstone for this project by the Roman Catholic Charity Association in Beirut. 

The newly-inaugurated project costs $ 25 million, comprising 92 rooms and 131 beds, as well as a daily club for the elderly and people with special needs. 

Greeting the Head of State upon arrival at the Center had been the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Joseph Al Absi, Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil Georges Wadih Bacouni, Beirut Governor Ziad Shbib, President of the Greek Catholic Charity Society in Beirut Roger Nasnas and CEO of "Oasis De Vie" Zafer Shawi. 

Aoun, accompanied by Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, toured the various units and wings of the freshly-launched center, having firsthand look at the essential services provided for patients and the elderly.

This followed by the inaugural ceremony attended by scores of dignitaries, including Vice Speaker Elie Firzli, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Vice Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani, Labour Minister Mansour Bteish, and Social Affairs Minister Richard Kouyoumjian.