Veterinary syndicate and parliament committee discuss internship separation and pay equality

Egypt's veterinary syndicate chief met the head of parliament's education committee in Cairo to push for separating the internship year and equal pay for veterinary interns.

• Veterinary syndicate head Magdy Hassan met Ashraf al-Shehi, head of parliament's education committee, at Badr University in Cairo on Tuesday.
• The meeting discussed separating the internship year from academic years in veterinary faculties, making it an independent training phase as in other medical colleges.
• Al-Shehi said he will follow up with the higher education minister and raise the matter to the Supreme Council of Universities.
• The two agreed the syndicate will prepare a memorandum on financial equality for veterinary interns with peers in human medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy.