Egypt’s health ministry is investigating medical negligence at one of the country’s most famous hospitals after a mother alleged her son was deprived of a much-needed brain scan, Arabi 21 reported. In a video widely shared on social media, Samar Al-Amriti – herself a doctor – said she had paid 30,000 Egyptian pounds (US$1,623) for a brain scan for her 26-year-old son at the Al-Salam International Hospital in Cairo. Al-Amriti said she was told by nursing staff that the scan could not take place because the specialist doctor had gone away for an Eid holiday – and that they had taken the key for…

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