Ministerial Assistant of the Health Insurance Authority Ali Hegazi dismissed Director of the Health Insurance Hospital in Beni Suef Mohammed Yehia on Monday after he attended a meeting with the hospitals’ directors wearing “casual clothing” in the form of trousers and jeans. Hegazi had invited directors of the Health Insurance Authority’s hospitals across the nation to a meeting in the al-Mokattam hospital in Cairo. Hegazi could not recognize Yehia who asked him who he was, upon which Yehia replied, “I’m Doctor Yehia, Director of Beni Suef Hospital.” Hegazi was allegedly astonished when he found Hegazi wearing informal clothes during the meeting, deciding to dismiss him. Hegazi’s decision caused resentment among the physicians in the Beni Suef Syndicate of Physicians, rejecting the way their colleague was treated. Yehia told Al-Masry Al-Youm, “Chairman of the Health Insurance Authority was angry because I wore casual clothing during the meeting.

Source: Egypt Independent February 14, 2018 10:07 UTC