Egyptian army hospitals in Syria lacked basic supplies and supervision

Evidence

Concerning the soldiers in Ḥaifa … We found their bodies, their weapons, and their belongings dirty and unclean (wiskha lam naīfa). They were disorderly and doing whatever pleased them (mashiyīn min gheir tartīb ‘ala keifhum). The patients in the hospital were sleeping on the floor with no mattresses and nothing but a carpet. Their places were absolutely dirty (maḥallāthum wiskha lam fīhi naāfa ‘andahum kulliyyan). When we asked to see the director, we could not find him, and when he came back from the market, he said that he had written various letters about the mattresses [but had not been answered] … — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1144