The Youth Committee of the Doctors Syndicate announced the death of Noura Kamel on Friday, one of the victims as a result of the Minya microbus accident, bringing the number of deaths to 5 and the injury of 16 others. The doctors were traveling from Minya to attend mandatory training at the Ministry of Health in Cairo for the women’s health initiative. The Youth Committee of the General Union of Doctors said in a statement on Facebook, “We will not neglect the right of our colleagues whose lives were wasted due to oppression and abuse from the Ministry of Health.” The General Union of Doctors, and the heads of the sub-syndicates of doctors in the governorates are meeting today to discuss the urgent problems facing doctors, particularly focusing on the microbus accident in Minya and its repercussions, Al Shorouk reports. The incident sparked public anger on social media, with many denouncing the ministry’s poor management and lack of road safety, as well as the struggle for worker’s rights. In a Facebook post by the page, ‘Egypt Doctors’, it called for “holding Ministry of Health accountable and the officials who threatened…
Number of Minya Microbus Crash Victims Soars to 5, 16 Injured
January 17, 2020
