And the Cairo Economic Court had postponed the trial sessions of Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr, known as “the Curcumin Doctor,” to today’s session, March 29, to pronounce the verdict on several accusations that pursue him with trading unknown and unauthorized substances by the Ministry of Health, and accusing him of selling illegal drugs, preparations and medical supplies, and no decision was issued by the Minister Health, or any other party concerned with its circulation, and opened an office for related to medicines and medical supplies without a license.
The Public Prosecution referred the accused, Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr and another with him, earlier to the urgent criminal trial, and the Public Prosecution submitted the accused and another with him to the competent economic misdemeanour court.
The Public Prosecution stated, in a statement, that the accused, Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr, created and ran pages on the social networking site Facebook and other sites, with the aim of committing the crime of selling these things without a license, and using means of publication that would make the public believe in their right to practice medicine, which is not licensed. He may practice them and assume the title of a doctor, in addition to the commission of the other accused of the crime of distributing these things without a permit, and other misdemeanours.
It is worth noting that information was received by the officers of the works, according to which the accused, Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr, known as the curcumin doctor, keeps herbs and medicines of unknown origin in Sheikh Zayed, and announces them, through many different media channels.