Two physicians arrested for sexually harassing female patients in Luxor

CAIRO – 27 September 2024: Two physicians have been arrested by Egyptian authorities in Luxor, Upper Egypt, for accusations of harassing female patients, while the Medicine Syndicate opened an investigation into this matter.

A video circulating on social media shows young physicians filming female nurses while using inappropriate language to harass them. Additionally, two audio recordings featuring the same doctors have gone viral, in which they confess to sexually harassing some patients during medical examinations.

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced in a statement on Friday that the two doctors were arrested and are under interrogation.

فى إطار جهود أجهزة وزارة الداخلية لكشف ملابسات تداول مقطع صوتى على مواقع التواصل الإجتماعى يتضمن محادثة بين طبيبين بمحافظة #الأقصر يتحدثان حول طرق قيامهما بالتحرش بالسيدات المترددات عليهما بمحل عملهما خلال توقيع #الكشف_الطبى عليهن.

أمكن تحديد وضبط الطبيبين المذكورين.. وجارى… pic.twitter.com/TUPAdo7ORb

— وزارة الداخلية (@moiegy) September 27, 2024

Meanwhile, the Medicine Syndicate announced on Thursday that it launched an investigation into the incidents. The doctors could face writing off their names from the medical syndicate.