The Egyptian doctor, Ahmed Negm, entered a self-isolation in his home after he showed symptoms similar to the pandemic of "Covid 19", but he was surprised by several requests from his neighbors to leave, fearing that the new virus would spread among them.
While health workers receive praise and welcome in the countries of the world, especially as their lives are at stake in their battle against "the new corona", some of them are witnessing hostility and suspicion in other countries, and their condition says that society does not welcome us despite all the sacrifices that we make.
Although the government of the most populated Arab country has been keen to praise and encourage health workers, many of them still face abuse by some in society, in addition to many practices that are not without bullying and doubting that they are a source of transmission of the disease infection.
Najm had tested himself a "new corona", and the result was negative.
In spite of the miserable attempts by the doctor to clarify his matter to the public, the harassment of the population and asking them to leave him did not stop, "because there are many children and the elderly," he told AFP.
The harassment reached a report to the police against Najm, who was gradually forced to leave and search for another place. According to the World Health Organization, health workers represent about 13% of all confirmed cases of the epidemic in Egypt, which exceeded 3000 cases, including 250 deaths. A nurse with a "corona novelty" from the same governorate, says she and other colleagues have been contacted by strangers, after they find their names on social media. Dina Abdel Salam, a Ismaili doctor, said that after she moved to a new residence to be away from her family as a precaution, she was surprised by her neighbors shouting in the street and accusing her of "bringing illness" to the area.
"It is forbidden for you to do what you do with us, and what we suffer suffices."
Social rejection
Doctors from Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere on Facebook complain, socially, that some taxis refuse to take them, and food delivery workers refuse to fulfill their requests due to fear of infection.
John Jabbour, the World Health Organization representative in Egypt, said that such treatment for health care workers “can make the situation really difficult”. He commented: “Targeting basic service providers will weaken our battle against (Covid-19) and can harm the entire nation. Strongly.