The Doctors Syndicate announced Tuesday that the Cairo appeals prosecutors summoned Mina Mina, the Syndicate's Undersecretary for questionning. According to the syndicate statement, the prosecutors did not state in the summon request the reason behind calling in Mina. Cairo University granted on November 18 the Doctors Syndicate a 48-hour notice to subject syndicate undersecretary Mona Mina to a disciplinary enquiry over her statement on the reuse of syringes at public hospitals, adding the syndicate has to issue an apology statement and deny Mina's allegations. In response, the Doctors Syndicate has defended remarks made by the veteran leftist activist. In a statement released on November 20, the syndicate said: “Mona Mina’s talk was lengthy discussing problems of the health system.

Source: Egypt Independent November 29, 2016 15:23 UTC