doctors
Doctors begin open-ended strike, threaten escalation
Egypt
September 13, 2011
Doctors begin open-ended strike, threaten escalation
Doctors announced a nationwide strike on Tuesday demanding higher wages, better medical services for citizens, and the dismissal of corrupt…
Military releases doctor summoned for organizing strike
Egypt
September 4, 2011
Military releases doctor summoned for organizing strike
Egypt's military prosecution released doctor and activist Abdel Rahman Mostafa on Sunday after several hours of interrogation on charges of…
Doctors return from West to help Libyan rebels at front
World
July 10, 2011
Doctors return from West to help Libyan rebels at front
The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside cafe near the…
2 doctors injured after patient’s relatives storm hospital ER
Egypt
June 2, 2011
2 doctors injured after patient’s relatives storm hospital ER
Dozens of people stormed Suez Canal University Hospital emergency room on Wednesday, attacking surgeons and wounding two doctors. The incident…
Doctors suspend strike following meeting with ministers
Egypt
May 18, 2011
Doctors suspend strike following meeting with ministers
Egyptian doctors who demand more government health spending decided to suspend their strike until Sunday after Prime Minister Essam Sharaf…
Doctors strike for healthcare reform, better conditions
Egypt
May 10, 2011
Doctors strike for healthcare reform, better conditions
Egypt's doctors on Tuesday held the first general strike in the history of the Doctors Syndicate to call for health…
Bahrain doctors to be tried for helping protesters
World
May 3, 2011
Bahrain doctors to be tried for helping protesters
Manama -- Bahrain's justice minister says several doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during months of unrest in…
Egyptians in Austria send doctors to treat 25 January injured
Egypt
March 14, 2011
Egyptians in Austria send doctors to treat 25 January injured
The Egyptian community in Austria has organized to send a medical convoy to Egypt on 22 March to help those…
Medics demand equal bonuses in another day of protests
Egypt
August 24, 2010
Medics demand equal bonuses in another day of protests
Scores of doctors in Mahalla, Gharbiya staged a protest demanding the distribution of bonuses equal to those received by colleagues…
Medical Syndicate: foreign students must have licenses to study at university hospitals
Egypt
August 22, 2010
Medical Syndicate: foreign students must have licenses to study at university hospitals
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate announced yesterday foreign doctors have to acquire licences from the Ministry of Health in order to…