The Public Prosecution Office in Kafr al-Dawar city in Beheira Governorate issued a decision on Tuesday to detain an obstetrician and gynecologist in the city, Wissam Shoaib, for four days pending investigations.
The decision came after Shoaib posted a video clip on her Facebook account in which she claimed to have dealt with girls and women who had become pregnant illegally, potentially violating doctor-patient confidentiality.
The prosecution charged the doctor with disturbing public security and peace, using social media to stir up confusion, insulting the masses and violating family principles and values.
The prosecution completed investigations with the doctor hours ago in the presence of her lawyers.
Shoaib’s video goes trending
The video clip, which went viral on social media, showed Shoaib claiming that she examined some cases of pregnancy from extramarital sex, including a 14-year-old minor who was eight months pregnant and whose family desired an abortion.
She also claimed that there was a second case for a woman hiring a young man in his twenties to father her new born baby which resulted from extramarital sex with another man.
Finally, she claimed that there was a third case of a woman who cheated on her husband with a young man and was sentenced to two years in prison after being caught red-handed committing adultery.
The doctor responds to the accusations
The obstetrician responded to the accusation of exploiting her patients to become a trend on social media and reveal their secrets, saying: “I went to sleep and woke up to find out that all of Egypt had watched the video. I just want to say that I am not a trend person, nor am I looking for a trend.”
The Doctors Syndicate announced that it had received complaints against the doctor.
The Administrative Prosecution Authority, in turn, began a comprehensive investigation into the incident.
The Authority explained in its statement that the content of the video may constitute a violation of patients’ rights and a breach of the rules of the medical profession and the ethics of the profession.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
