Egypt’s Doctors’ Syndicate is set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday after a doctor accused policemen of assaulting him during his work hours inside a hospital, the syndicate said on Friday. Syndicate Chairman Hussein Khairy called on board members to meet because of the “latest assault by policemen on doctors in the Matariya Teaching Hospital in Cairo,” the syndicate said in a short statement posted on its website. A video published on Thursday by Egyptian news portal Mobtada features a doctor detailing the purported assault against him by low-ranking policemen as he attempted to provide one of them with healthcare. The video, which has been picking up traffic, features doctor Ahmed Abdallah speaking to a camera and describing what happened while he was working in the early hours of Thursday. He said an injured man, accompanied by another man, came to the hospital. Abdallah examined the injury which turned out to be a “superficial” wound in the man’s forehead. Abdallah was accompanied by two other medical care providers. “We told him it was superficial… and may not even need stitches,” Abdallah said, but that was when trouble started. The…
Egypt’s Doctors’ Syndicate Enraged After ‘Policemen Assault Doctor’ Inside a Hospital
January 30, 2016
