Pharmacists
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate refuses suggestion to give pharmacists doctor’s license
Egypt
May 5, 2020
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate refuses suggestion to give pharmacists doctor’s license
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate on Tuesday refused a suggestion from the Chief of the Military Medical Academy Ahmed al-Tawdy to give…
Egyptian pharmacists call for Minister of Health to resign
Egypt
July 28, 2019
Egyptian pharmacists call for Minister of Health to resign
Several pharmacists asked the Egyptian government to dismiss Minister of Health Hala Zayed after she stated that the absence of…
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Egypt
February 2, 2017
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Thirty-eight pharmaceutical drugs that have no alternatives were missing from shelves in January 2017, compared to 40 missing varieties in…
Strategy to dispose of expired medicine goes into force
Egypt
October 17, 2015
Strategy to dispose of expired medicine goes into force
Egypt’s Pharmacists' Syndicate and pharmaceutical companies will begin enforcing a commonly-agreed strategy to dispose of expired medicine on Sunday as…
Pharmacists prepare agreement on expired medications
Egypt
October 1, 2015
Pharmacists prepare agreement on expired medications
Pharmacists have prepared a strategy for getting rid of expired medicine, stressing that the failure to ensure a thorough process…
Doctors, pharmacists stage partial strike
Egypt
January 8, 2014
Doctors, pharmacists stage partial strike
Thousands of doctors, pharmacists and veterinarians staged a partial nationwide strike in protest of the Health Ministry's ignoring of their…
Health workers’ vigil presses funding, regulatory demands
Egypt
April 23, 2013
Health workers’ vigil presses funding, regulatory demands
Doctors and pharmacists from several professional groups held a vigil outside the Shura Council Tuesday to highlight the need for…
Public sector pharmacists’ strike enters 2nd day
Egypt
January 16, 2012
Public sector pharmacists’ strike enters 2nd day
Egypt's government pharmacists continued protests over low salaries and delayed bonuses on Monday. The strike covers pharmacies at government-run hospitals…
Alexandria, Kafr al-Sheikh pharmacists to strike on Sunday
Egypt
January 15, 2012
Alexandria, Kafr al-Sheikh pharmacists to strike on Sunday
Some pharmacists working at public sector pharmacies in Alexandria and Kafr al-Sheikh will strike on Sunday because their bonuses have…
Pharmacists threaten strike
Egypt
March 17, 2010
Pharmacists threaten strike
Members of the Pharmacists Syndicate threatened to go on strike to protest what they describe as an illegal agreement and…