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Egyptian Doctors 'Ordered to Operate on Protesters Without Anaesthetic'
The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | April 10, 2013 | Patrick Kingsley and Louisa Loveluck in Cairo

Posted on 04/13/2013 12:42:41 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

Egyptian doctors 'ordered to operate on protesters without anaesthetic'

Exclusive: Leaked presidential report recommends an investigation into the highest echelons of the army leadership

Senior Egyptian army doctors were ordered to operate without anaesthetic on wounded protesters at a military hospital in Cairo during protests against military rule, according to an investigation commissioned by president Mohamed Morsi. The report into military and police malpractice since 2011 also alleges that doctors, soldiers and medics assaulted protesters inside the hospital.

The findings, which relate to the army's behaviour during the Abbassiya clashes in May 2012, are the latest leak to the Guardian of a suppressed report investigating human rights abuses in Egypt since the start of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Earlier leaks alleged that the military were involved in torture, killings and forced disappearances during the uprising.

The new chapter contains testimony from doctors and protesters about the treatment of injured demonstrators at the Kobri el-Qoba military hospital in Cairo in May 2012.

It alleges that a senior military doctor ordered subordinates to operate on wounded protesters without anaesthetic or sterilisation and reports that doctors, nurses and senior officers also beat some of the wounded protesters. It also claims that a senior officer ordered soldiers to lock protesters in a basement.

The chapter concludes by recommending an investigation into the highest echelons of the army leadership – a deeply significant development. Even though the report has not been officially published, its status as a presidential document – coupled with the extent of its conclusions – represents the first acknowledgment by the state of the scale of the atrocities both during and since the 2011 uprising.

"I can't overestimate the importance of this report," said Heba Morayef, the director of Human Rights Watch in Egypt.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabspring; badmedicine; cairo; egypt; hippocraticoath; islam; islamofascism; morsi; muhammadsminions; muslims; religionofpeace; sharia; thereligionofpeace
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1 posted on 04/13/2013 12:42:41 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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egypt riot photo: Egyptian riot police arrest a man during clashes with protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. APKhalilHamra_zpsfdea3d13.jpg "You are under arrest. The doctor will see you now."
2 posted on 04/13/2013 12:43:30 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Paging Dr. Gosnell.


3 posted on 04/13/2013 12:46:25 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: DogByte6RER
These protesters helped bring Morsi to power in the first place. Suck it up.
4 posted on 04/13/2013 12:48:13 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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To: DogByte6RER

We should send these monsters a bunch of tanks and money!


5 posted on 04/13/2013 12:48:28 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: chris37

and jet fighters


6 posted on 04/13/2013 12:49:29 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

Yep!

We could have sent them some anaesthesia, but the sequester...

Damn republicans!


7 posted on 04/13/2013 12:54:11 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: DogByte6RER

At least they’re not doing anything evil to them, like waterboarding.


8 posted on 04/13/2013 1:00:42 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Just a glimpse at the blueprint that zero has in mind for us...


9 posted on 04/13/2013 1:13:17 PM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: JDoutrider

Welcome to Obamacare....!


10 posted on 04/13/2013 1:18:38 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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To: DogByte6RER

This may slow down the occupy movement.


11 posted on 04/13/2013 2:16:14 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it)
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To: DogByte6RER

... assaulted them in the hospital... That’s just wrong. (snicker)

How’s Obama’s Arab Spring working out for you folks?


12 posted on 04/13/2013 3:26:36 PM PDT by moovova
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