Update: President Morsi Visits Students Poisoned In Al-Azahr Uni
The Egyptian President, Dr Mohamed Morsi, on Tuesday afternoon heads to in the health insurance hospital in Nasser City to visit the students who had been struck down with food poising yesterday at Al-Azhar university campus.
According to the latest statement released by the Egyptian Ministry of Health Tuesday, about 540 students had been poisoned by meals at the Al-Azhar university campus on Monday.
The Student Union in Al Azhar University organized Tuesday morning a protest at the university campus in Nasser City, and then they will head to Al Azhar headquarters; calling for the resignation of the university president and a prompt investigation into the incident.
On Monday night, large groups of furious students gathered to protest deteriorating conditions at the university’s hostels and negligence by management. Some students blocked El-Nasr Street to protest that their repeated complaints about poor services had been ignored.
On his part, Grand Imam, Ahmed El-Tayeb, asked yesterday the concerned bodies to investigate into the incidents, and ordered to suspend the head of the university campus and the director of nutrition services, in addition to starting investigation with them.
