Egypt’s Doctor’s Syndicate has referred four doctors to a disciplinary committee for promoting a device touted by the Egyptian military as a “cure” for Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS, the syndicate announced in a statement. According to the statement, the four doctors – Ahmed Ali Moenes, Sally Mostafa Mahmoud, Ahmed Abdallah Sabry and Wael Ahmed Mohamed Attia – will be investigated for their involvement in announcing and promoting the device before the necessary scientific steps were taken to verify the device’s efficacy. The promotion of the device therefore led to the “intentional harming of millions of Egyptian citizens who waited for treatment by said device,” the syndicate’s statement reads. Meanwhile, five other doctors have been cleared of involvement in the same case. In 2014, the Egyptian military unveiled a “breakthrough” device that was said to be able to diagnose and treat Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS, in addition to other diseases. The “Complete Cure Device,” or CCD, was said to draw blood from the inflicted patients, eliminate the disease and return the disease-free blood to the body. Major-General Ibrahim Abdel Atti, who led the unveiling of the device, refused to explain the…
Four Doctors Referred to Investigation for Promoting Egyptian Military’s ‘Hepatitis Cure Device’
July 19, 2016
