Egypt's health ministry closes unlicensed Cairo clinics and arrests woman posing as dermatologist

Egypt's health ministry announced the closure of unlicensed "Katy Family" clinics in Nasr City, Cairo, and the arrest of a woman posing as a dermatologist.

• Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said inspectors found the clinics operating without a license and without a medical waste disposal contract.
• Abdel Ghaffar said the woman was receiving clients and administering filler and botox injections, procedures restricted to licensed specialist doctors.
• The ministry said the woman was apprehended in coordination with public funds police, and drugs of unknown origin and without invoices were seized in coordination with the Egyptian Drug Authority.
• Hisham Zaki, assistant health minister for non-governmental therapeutic institutions, said all violations were recorded in an official report and legal measures taken.
• The suspect used social media pages to promote her services and defraud citizens for financial gain, according to the report.
• Authorities seized forged ID cards, cash, phones and laptops from the clinic in addition to the medications, the report said.
• The woman confessed to the fraudulent activity during questioning, according to the report on the case.