Doctors have staged demonstrations across Egypt to call for the trial of policemen who attacked doctors at the Matareya Teaching Hospital earlier this month and express their solidarity with the attacked doctors. According to local media, the demonstrations were staged in several governorates, including Beheira, Beni Suef, Ismailiya, Assiut, Alexandria, Suez, Damanhour and the Red Sea. However, privately owned Al Shorouk reported that there have been no demonstrations in Al-Wadi Al-Gedid in southern Egypt. While the demonstrations were of varying sizes, Al Shorouk and state owned Al Ahram have reported that some of the “symbolic” stands were short-lived and that doctors went back to work shortly after being photographed and interviewed. Head of the Kafr El Sheikh Medical Association Dr. Amr Abu Samra told Al Ahram that doctors around the governorate participated in the silent protests for half an hour based on the decisions of the general assembly held in Cairo two weeks ago. Abu Samra also said that the purpose of the stand is to send a message of dissatisfaction that the doctors’ demands have not been met and that doctors are not going on strike in order to avoid harming citizens. The syndicate had notified the Ministry…
Egypt’s Doctors Hold Nationwide Demonstrations Calling for Trial of Matareya Police
February 20, 2016
