Egypt\u2019s health ministry has punished six medics who took selfies in front of a deadly train wreck by transferring them to a remote part of the country, it said Saturday<\/p>\n
, following an online uproar.
\nTwo trains collided Friday near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing 41 people in one of the deadliest such accidents in the North African country.<\/p>\n
Pictures of an ambulance crew taking selfie pictures in front the wreckage sparked anger on social media, with one Twitter user posting a photograph with a hashtag reading: \u201cconscience in a coma.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dubbed the \u201cSelfie Medics\u201d by Twitter users, they faced calls for punishment on social media.<\/p>\n
The health ministry\u2019s director of emergency services Ahmed al-Ansari told AFP six members of the ambulance crew have been transferred to the western Siwa oasis as punishment.<\/p>\n
It was \u201cinappropriate conduct,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s ambulance services had been hailed in the country in the past for their often dangerous jobs tending to demonstrators during the Arab Spring protests of 2011 and their violent aftermath.<\/p>\n
(Egypt Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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