They demanded their protection .. Egypt's doctors face Corona with naked breasts

Hassan Al-Masry - Cairo

"The hospital suffers from a shortage of antiseptics and masks against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), which makes the work environment very difficult." Thus, Mohamed, at the Dar El Salam Governmental Hospital in Cairo, started his talk to Al Jazeera Net, stressing that he, like other doctors and nurses, had to buy Protective masks at his own expense, if they are found in pharmacies.

Muhammad denounces that the state has provided about a million and a half million masks with European standards to Italy, which it did previously with China, while Egyptian hospitals suffer from a large deficit in these requirements, describing these measures as "provocative and irresponsible" that reveal clear ignorance and ill Administration.

The young doctor adds that the situation has become more difficult in light of the injury of dozens of doctors and nurses inside Egyptian hospitals, because of their lack of readiness to receive Corona patients and the lack of medical supplies, stressing the need to provide protection for medical teams because they are the first front to combat the transmission of infection in the Egyptian street.

Muhammad's words express a wide state of anger among the doctors and medical teams in Egypt, which appears in the form of ongoing demonstrations to demand protection for them, and some doctors have resorted to social networking sites to explain the problems facing them during the performance of their work, in the forefront of which is the absence of safety methods such as masks and gloves Medical.

Wholesale injuries
And successions continued within the "White Army" in Egypt, where the latest news came today, Thursday, through medical sources that revealed to the island that 22 medical staff at the El-Zaytoun Specialized Hospital in Cairo were infected with the Corona virus.

A nurse in a Cairo hospital posted a video of her crying inside the ambulance as she was going to the quarantine after she was infected with the virus.

On her way to the Isolation Hospital in Agouza, Giza Governorate, the nurse who works at the "Mabra Misr al-Qadima Hospital" said that she tried more than once to inform the hospital director of the symptoms of corona on her because she had dealt with a case that was a carrier of the virus.

Also, 21 cases were discovered among doctors, patients and radiologists at Sadr Denkris Hospital in Dakahlia Governorate, including Dr. Mohamed Ramadan, who revealed his illness in a video clip.

A few days ago, local newspapers, quoting a source from the Mabarat Al-Qadima Hospital, reported that 30 medical staff and workers had been injured after they had contacted an elderly patient who was being held in the first place for a heart catheterization.

Last week, dozens of medical staff and workers at the Cancer Institute in Cairo were injured, which necessitated the suspension of work inside the institute that witnessed a catastrophic fire late last year.

The hospitals of Ain Shams and Al-Azhar universities have also announced cases of infection between their teams. Two weeks ago, an analyst, Ahmed El-Louah, died of coronavirus.

Two weeks ago, Egypt imposed a curfew and suspended studies and prayers in mosques and churches to prevent the outbreak of corona, but the government reduced the hours of the ban yesterday, despite expectations of an increase in the number of injuries, which angered activists.

The Ministry of Health announced that the total number registered in Egypt with the new Corona virus as of Wednesday was 1560 cases, including 305 cases recovered and discharged from the isolation hospital, and 103 deaths.

People of evil
And with the medical staff growing anger at the great neglect in government hospitals and the absence of medical equipment while the state sends medical aid to Italy and China, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi went out to the Egyptians saying, "When we give a helping hand to sister or friendly countries, we confirm our solidarity with the severity of the hardship that these countries suffer from, The state is ready to deal with the Corona pandemic and ready at the same time to provide aid to the affected countries. "

He added that "questioning the efforts of the state and its data on the Corona crisis comes from the bad guys who will not end our confrontation with them."

Al-Sisi’s statements came during a speech broadcast by Egyptian television while he was inspecting the armed forces ’equipment, equipment and crews that are intended to help the civil sector in combating the spread of the Corona epidemic, as he winked from the opposition channel and alluded to the Muslim Brotherhood to which the late President Mohamed Morsi, who was turned against Sisi in 2013, belonged. When he was defense minister.

"Our confrontation continues with these elements and this evil faction, and by the way, the confrontation will not end or you accept to be part of the state again, then what do they do with you? They truce you 3 or 4 years until they organize themselves again, then you see them present as happened during the 60's." Last year. "

He continued, "We must have the necessary awareness in front of attempts to question our ability to face challenges," calling on the Supply and Supply Authority to double the size of the strategic reserve during the coming period.

During his speech, Sisi praised the efforts of medical staff who are continuing their efforts to combat the Corona virus, saying that "things are under control, and I am confident in the ability of Egyptians to overcome the crisis of the Corona virus."

Shocking news
With the increase in the number of doctors and nurses infected with the Corona virus, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate issued a statement saying that it had "received with great regret and shock the news that a large number of doctors and members of the medical team working for the Oncology Institute of Corona virus have been infected."

The union added that the medical team that leads the ranks in the fight against the deadly virus is the first to be able to complete its mission in dealing with the disease, instead of turning itself into a source of infection and the spread of the epidemic.

The syndicate appealed to the government to provide all protective supplies for medical teams in all medical facilities at the republic level, and to stress that no work is permitted without using it to protect the medical team, with careful implementation of that so that some managers do not prevent them from doctors on the pretext of not consuming them.

The union also called on the Ministry of Health to establish an urgent protocol for examining and conducting analyzes for members of the medical team who deal with suspected cases, without waiting for symptoms to appear, in addition to allocating a hospital in each governorate or department in each hospital to isolate and examine members of the medical team suspected of being infected until the results of the tests And analyzes as quickly as possible.

The union concluded by stressing the importance of relieving overcrowding in hospitals by suspending cases and non-urgent medical interventions that can be postponed.