Prominent Egyptian actor Ahmad Zaki has announced the innocence of his medical team from all the accusations of revealing his secrets regarding his health condition, which they have been attacked with recently. The actor stressed that he had asked one of his doctors to publicly announce the status of his health condition, in order not to open doors of assumptions by people.
The official spokesperson of the Egyptian medical association denied that investigations are being done with Ahmad’s medical team for spreading rumors regarding his health, reported the Al Watan daily. Earlier this week, the head of Zaki’s medical team, Hassan Al Bana, who is supervising Ahmad’s health condition, had threatened to quit after three months of treating the actor for lung cancer.
The threat came after a journalist published an article accusing Al Bana’s medical team of taking advantage of the actor’s health condition in order to reach popularity. The journalist claimed the doctors are using a free campaign to become known by giving out releases concerning the condition of the actor.
Al Bana stressed that these allegations are completely untrue and he has not gained anything since he began treating the actor. Al Bana also revealed that he has not taken any financial compensation for his work. The doctor added that he does not worry about the financial matters and is spending over 16 hours a day supervising the actor’s condition, while his visits to other patients last for a few minutes.
Hassan added that he is experiencing enormous fatigue and is seriously considering pulling out of the mission that was handed to him. He noted that he personally hates to be in the spotlight and prefers to work quietly without any interruption from the media.
Zaki is currently undergoing psychological treatment at the hands of Doctor Ahmad Okasha, after the actor fell into a state of severe depression and refused to continue his treatment for lung cancer. The actor has become very pessimistic about his healing process and decided to discontinue all tests, treatments, and chemotherapy session believing that there is no hope left for him. –Albawaba.com
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