The anger of doctors in Egypt flared up after the increase in cases of coronavirus infection in their ranks in light of the apparent weakening of health capabilities and the lack of places for them in the isolation hospitals, at a time when the Physicians Syndicate demanded an increase in the number of isolation hospitals due to the high number of infected people.

The Medical Syndicate called on the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to allocate a hospital to isolate doctors and members of the medical team after the recent problem of delay in transferring members of the medical team infected with Corona virus to the isolation hospitals.

In a statement today, Wednesday, the Medical Syndicate stated that it had received notes from doctors working in various agencies, stating that there is a crowd of patients in isolation hospitals, which sometimes results in a delay in transferring patients with corona to isolation hospitals if needed, and sometimes a delay in transporting patients with symptoms Simple for quarry places other than hospitals, such as university cities.

And the union demanded the speedy opening of new isolation hospitals in different governorates according to the injuries index in each governorate, as well as an increase in non-curative quarantine places such as university cities (buildings designated for university students housing) and contracting with some hotels in the event of insufficient university cities.

The statement of the Medical Association comes after the situation worsened in Al-Zahra University Hospital, where a member of the Medical Union, Ibrahim Al-Zayat, said that the number of those infected with Corona virus in the hospital rose to 143, all of whom are hospital employees from medical teams, including doctors, nurses, and technicians.

In press statements, Al-Zayat clarified that among the injured 45 doctors and 4 doctors were privileged, and that some analyzes did not show their results, including the leaders of the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Azhar University and the hospital, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Al-Azhar Girls, the director of curative affairs, and the director of clinics.

And two days ago, the President of Al-Azhar University, Muhammad Al-Mahsrawi, decided to temporarily close Al-Zahra University Hospital after positive cases of Corona virus were confirmed in various internal departments.

The crisis and the wrath of the doctors collided with it after the isolation hospital of Al-Azhar refused to receive the doctors of excellence (newly graduated doctors) at the Zahra University Hospital after confirming their injury for 12 hours, due to the hospital’s lack of willingness, to be placed in the reception until the rooms are ready.

Al-Zayyat stressed that Al-Azhar Specialized Hospital for Isolation no longer has places to receive the injured, and that they are searching for places to isolate the rest of the injured, pointing out that the number of those searching for unknown locations, and that there are contacts with the Ministry of Health to resolve the crisis.

A member of the Medical Council, Ahmed Safwat, confirmed that "most of the infected cases were isolated in Al-Azhar Specialist Hospital, but now the hospital is filled with patients and there is no longer a place, and some cases do not find places and they are not isolated until now, and they are about 20 doctors, due to the delay of the Ministry of Health in coordination To isolate them, "according to press statements.

In turn, the Youth Committee of the General Union of Doctors confirmed that 24 cases were transferred to Al-Azhar Specialized Hospital, and 20 doctors still tested positive for the virus in the reception and did not enter the Isolation Hospital yet.

The committee added that the rest of the medical teams are awaiting the work of smears and PCR analysis, as there is undue delay and delay in its work until now and the number is still increasing, according to the local press.

Last week, the Medical Syndicate warned the Ministry of Health against relying on a quick analysis only to check on the safety of members of medical teams in hospitals designated to treat cases of corona infection.

The Doctors ’Syndicate said that the rapid analysis did not prove its efficacy or usefulness, and threatens dangerous results with an increased prevalence of infection among medical teams and society, explaining that the WHO’s guidelines confirm that this analysis is not reliable for diagnosis, and is used only for research purposes, and that the only approved analysis is analysis PCR.

The increasing number of doctors ’injuries and the lack of a place in the isolation hospitals triggered anger, many doctors angered on social media, and some said that the Ministry of Health was working without a clear plan, either with regard to dealing with patients or with medical teams.

Others pointed out that many patients with chest diseases suffer severely because they are not hospitalized.

The French newspaper, La Croix, had pointed out in a report that there was a feeling of anger shared by a large part of the medical profession who feel that the authorities abandoned them and left them alone in the battle against the Corona virus.

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a long time, many workers there suffered what they did not isolate and refused to stop work in the hospital now in a disaster there and they do not find them places
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- M h md shosha (@ mo7amed196484) May 10, 2020

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- BLUR. (@ Bluurr11) May 13, 2020