Here is article from Al Masry Al Youm - With penalty of going to jail, if you contract bird flue, or if a child your parent(s) go to jail, I think they have cured the crowding factor in the fever hospital. Some might succumb to H1N5, due to lack of proper medical care, as with the chance of recovery with home treatment, versus sure jail, will be a huge influence on people's decisions on where treatment is preferred. I surely hope not.
Wonder when is Fish Flu, or similar, going to HIT????? We have hit quite a few food groups so far....................Mad Cow, Swine, Birds, Bad Wheat !!! And we have the mysterious (every Egyptian seems to know what the cause is) black cloud over Cairo due in a few months. The common denominator is all flu's inhibit the respiratory system, so black cloud is not good.
Absolutely bizarre. Via Egypt's Al Masry Al Youm: Bird flu patients to be prosecuted. Excerpt:
Citizens who contract Bird Flu will be prosecuted for the charge of "raising birds," warned the Suez Governor, who has referred all patients of bird flu in the city's fever hospital to the prosecutor's office, accusing them of "harming themselves and others."
"If someone tries to commit suicide and is taken to hospital," said Governor Mohamed Seif Eddin Galal said during a meeting by Higher Committee to Combat Bird Flu in Suez, "then legal measures are taken for his attempt to kill himself. Well, the same applies to those infected with Bird Flu. They harm themselves and others. The law must be applied. They'll be either imprisoned or fined."
As for infected children, the governor said that Child Protection Law will be applied, penalizing the child's family and imprisoning the father from six months to three years.
The governor also instructed all directorates in the province to continue follow up on the situation, and send weekly updated reports to the Minister of Administrative Development on a CD.
But some doctors were not impressed with the governor's statements.
"This will only increase the number of prisoners we have in Egypt, and will not end the disease," said Dr. Mohamed Shafiq, of Ahmad Maher Teaching Hospital.
"So how long will they imprison the Malaria patients and those who catch cold? This is useless, if not ridiculous. It will also discourage any citizen with the (bird flu) symptoms to go to the hospital to receive tests for fear of arrest."
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