During an inspection visit at Qalyub hospital on Friday, Health Minister Ahmed Emad said the infections prevention system at the hospital is ailing and rundown despite the allocation of EGP 78m to the system for renovations. The minister’s statements come a few days after the Doctors Syndicate filed a lawsuit against him and Prime Minister Sherif Ismail for not increasing the infections allowance for doctors. Ihab Al-Taher, a board member at the Doctors Syndicate, told Daily News Egypt that the infections prevention systems in public hospitals are poorly constructed and neglected, which exposes the lives of doctors to life-threatening diseases. A synthesis report by the syndicate for the doctors infected during work included six who died over the past three years. The latest case occurred in November 2015, when Dalia Mehrez died of meningitis in Ismailia while working in a medical caravan.

Source: Daily News Egypt September 17, 2016 14:26 UTC