Another person was killed in the clashes near the presidential palace on the night of Wednesday, when supporters of President Mohamed Morsy stormed a sit-in by his opposition demanding the cancelation of a constitutional declaration with sweeping presidential powers. Dr. Mohamed Sinousy, a member of Tahrir Doctors, was shot in the head with a live bullet from a shotgun on his way home after working in the field clinic in Heliopolis near Roxy Square; he died in the hospital the next evening. He was a young man close to graduating from medical school at the University of Mansoura, and had been an active member of Tahrir Doctors since its establishment on the second day of Egypt's 18-day uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. During the clashes near the presidential palace on the night of Wednesday, Tahrir Doctors set up a small field clinic in front of the gate of Heliolido Sporting Club on Hegaz Street close to the clashes in Roxy Square. Dr. Sherif Zidan, a surgeon at Ain Shams University Hospital, and an organizer of Tahrir Doctors said, “Lots of people came to the field hospital, more than 1,600.” Zidan confirmed that most of the injuries were caused by bird shot pellets, rocks, sticks and knives or machetes. The ambulances would bring the less serious cases to the field hospital to be treated, and then would stand ready nearby. Throughout the night many were treated and discharged, but the more serious cases were triaged and put into an ambulance for transport to a hospital. Zidan said, “From the people that we treated there were four who had very serious cases.” At around 2:30am in the morning, the clinic was attacked by Muslim Brotherhood, Morsy supporters and Central Security Forces. One of the doctors was injured. Another, who as he tried to help the injured attackers was himself caught and beaten severely. Many of the medical supplies were destroyed and several of the patients were injured further as well. The doctors fended off the attack around 3:30am, putting the patients into ambulances to get them away from the violence. At 5am, after packing up the supplies that remained, doctors dispersed to go home. Sinousy left the group and walked alone to Salah Salem to try to find a taxi to get home. He was shot in the head by a shotgun and was taken to the hospital. His fellow doctors received the news that he died in the hospital on Thursday evening, as they were preparing to set up another field clinic near the Heliopolis club in anticipation of the large marches approaching the presidential palace on Friday. Muslim Brotherhood members gathered in Al-Azhar Mosque on Friday to participate in the funeral of martyrs who died during the Wednesday clashes.
