A total of 47 doctors in Egypt have died after contracting coronavirus since the pandemic reached the North African country in February, Egypt’s Medical Syndicate said on Sunday.
Dr. Philipe Mitri, an ear, nose, and throat consultant, is the 47th doctor to die due to coronavirus complications in Egypt, said Ibrahim El-Zayat, a member of the Medical Syndicate’s board, on Sunday.
According to El-Zayat, six other doctors died from coronavirus on Saturday.
The six deceased doctors were obstetrics and gynecology consultants Samir Othman, Ayman Zaki, and Youhana Lotfy in addition to pediatric surgeon Mahmoud Khedr, pediatrician Hisham Abd El-Hamid, and neurosurgeon Sayid Rushdy.
In May, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced that Egyptian doctors who die from coronavirus will be treated as martyrs.
Madbouly added that financial compensations to the deceased doctors’ families will be handled by the Fund of Medical Professions announced by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in late March.
The Fund of Medical Professions – initiated by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in late March – will handle the financial compensations to the deceased doctors’ families, Madbouly added.
To date, Egypt has to 34,079 confirmed cases of the virus, including 1,237 deaths.
