Egyptian police have arrested a male nurse in a private hospital in Giza Governorate for sexually abusing a woman admitted to the hospital. Talbiyah Police Department received a complaint from a woman who said that she went to a private hospital to receive treatment for her shortness of breath, only to have been met with a male nurse who began touching her private areas. The patient’s family accused the nurse working in the hospital of sexually harassing the woman while she was in intensive care. On June 4, 2014, a new law was passed which criminalizes sexual harassment for the first time in modern Egyptian history. The Egyptian House of Representatives is currently discussing more tough penalties against crimes of molesting others and sexual harassment.

Source: Egypt Independent July 03, 2021 09:56 UTC