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<\/a>Remember koftagate? <\/strong>Egypt\u2019s Doctors Syndicate issued a decision suspending three doctors for one year for promoting a device<\/a> that claimed to have the ability to detect and cure viral infections including HIV and hepatitis C, Al Masry Al Youm<\/a> reports. The syndicate says the doctors were in violation of the code of conduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember koftagate? Egypt\u2019s Doctors Syndicate issued a decision suspending three doctors for one year for promoting a device that claimed to have the ability to detect and cure viral infections including HIV and hepatitis C, Al Masry Al Youm reports. 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