The 87-year-old former Minister of Health, Mamdouh Gabr, passed away early Tuesday, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported. Gabr had served as health minister for four years under the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak from 1978 to 1982. Gabr also served as a secretary-general of the Red Crescent Society, and director of the Children's Hospital at Cairo University. He also served as the head of the doctor`s syndicate as well as a parliamentarian during the Mubarak era. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/109240.aspx