An Egyptian committee tasked with appraising and freezing the funds of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group decided on Thursday to seize several hospitals, medical centres, and pharmaceutical companies owned by the group. The committee said in a statement that it decided to seize Ahmed Labban Surgical Hospital in Ismailia, owned by Ahmed Mohamed Hussieny, and the Osama Ebaid Radiology Centre, owned by Osama Mohamed Ebaid in Menoufeya. The committee also seized several pharmaceutical companies; Hygienic International Pharmaceuticals in Qalyoubya, El-Fatemia for Medical Supplies in Gharbeya, and Aman Hospital in Helwan. The seizures also included the Avano Pharma, Pixel Pharma, and Roventis Pharma companies, which the committee said were operated by Hossam Mohamed Tag El-Din El-Sayed, Ahmed Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Ebaid and Mohamed Ramadan Abdel-Halim. The committee did not reveal the exact value of the confiscated assets. The committee has so far frozen the funds and taken control of over 1,000 NGOs and nearly 100 schools allegedly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and seized the assets of over 700 of the group's leaders. In January 2016, the governmental committee said at a Cairo press conference that the seized funds belonging to members of the banned group included bank credits of 1,370 members worth EGP 154.7 million, $2 million, €435,000, 1.3 million Saudi riyals, £9,000 and 16,480 Swiss francs. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/226670.aspx
