Sleepvirtual presents Sleep Seminar in Cairo, Egypt

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Poor sleep linked to problems in young diabetics January 20, 2012

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Sleepvirtual presents Sleep Seminar in Cairo, Egypt

Sleepvirtual On Jan 22nd, 2010 Sleepvirtual and the American Sleep Medicine Institute presented the First Egyptian Sleep Seminar in Cairo, Egypt. The seminar was organized with the idea of promoting Sleep Diagnostic awareness between doctors from different specialties and stimulates new Sleep Labs ventures.

The seminar was a successful and the number of attendees exceeded what was initially predicted.

Dr. Ahmad Eid Al-Ajhuri, from Cairo was the main physician speaker.