Egypt: Angry mob locks health minister inside local hospital
Egyptian authorities and witnesses say villagers have locked the health minister and a provincial governor inside a local hospital room after allegedly contaminated water caused more than 50 residents to become ill.
Health Ministry official Amr Qandil says a hospital in the Nile Delta province of Menoufia, 40 miles north of Cairo, on Tuesday received dozens of people vomiting, feverish and with severe cases of diarrhea. (AP)
