An Egyptian Medical Syndicate internal investigative committee recommended the initiation of disciplinary action against four physicians found to have participated in promoting a device that treats patients with hepatitis C and HIV, prior to the completion of recognized scientific efficacy tests. In a July 18 statement published on its official website, the syndicate stated that the physicians deliberately caused harm to millions of Egyptians who sought treatment with the device, which the syndicate characterized as “dubious.”
On Feb. 22, 2014, the spokesperson for the Egyptian army had announced on his Facebook page that the engineering authority of the armed forces had invented a device to diagnose and treat hepatitis C and HIV, with the patent for this device registered after receiving approval from the Egyptian Ministry of Health.