FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Tawfiq Okasha, center, a popular Egyptian TV presenter accused of inciting the killing of the country's new president on air, flashes the victory sign as he arrives for the opening of his trial, in Cairo, Egypt. Police say the trial of Okasha for inciting the murder of Egypt's Islamist president has been detained in connection with a series of allegations, including theft of electrical power and issuing a bounced check. (AP Photo/Mohammed Assad, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Tawfiq Okasha, center, a popular Egyptian TV presenter accused of inciting the killing of the country's new president on air, flashes the victory sign as he arrives for the opening of his trial, in Cairo, Egypt. Police say the trial of Okasha for inciting the murder of Egypt's Islamist president has been detained in connection with a series of allegations, including theft of electrical power and issuing a bounced check. (AP Photo/Mohammed Assad, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Tawfiq Okasha, a popular Egyptian TV presenter accused of inciting the killing of the country's new president on air, stands in the defendants cage at the opening of his trial, in Cairo, Egypt. Police say the trial of Okasha for inciting the murder of Egypt's Islamist president has been detained in connection with a series of allegations, including theft of electrical power and issuing a bounced check. (AP Photo/Mohammed Assad, File)
CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's doctors' union says the country's physicians have gone on a partial strike, abstaining from offering non-emergency services in public hospitals to protest run-down facilities and meager wages.
Mohammed Abdel-Hamid, who is a spokesman for the union, said Monday that over 70 percent of the country's 520 public hospitals took part.
Egypt's public health services have suffered years of neglect and corruption. Doctors' salaries begin at $42 per month. Abdel-Hamid said that his hospital's emergency room ran out of some kinds of painkillers a month ago for lack of resources.
Abdel-Hamid said the strike began after negotiations with the government failed to secure a pledge for increases in the health budget.
A government spokesman could not be reached immediately for comment.
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