While the recent deaths of 75 people across Egypt in the past few days were attributed to the heat wave that started in August, a number of doctors and hospitals in Cairo are questioning the announcement made by the Healthy Ministry.

Some doctors believe that these deaths were due to meningitis or another virus that is quickly spreading across the country, according to Egypt Independent.

Physicians at a number of hospitals such as the Nasr City Health Insurance Hospital, Demerdash Hospital and Al Zeiton Hospital said, under the condition of anonymity, that more than 60 people had died since Friday and that the high heat temperatures may have little to with it but instead, they suspect that the recent mass death are due to an "unknown illness."

However, last Wednesday, in an attempt to calm down the Egyptian public, the Health Ministry publicly denied that meningitis was spreading in the country and pinned all deaths on the scorching heatwave.

Testing for meningitis is expensive, however, due to the fact that most deaths were elderly people who weren't exposed to the heat and all died due to high fevers, sudden drops in blood pressure and cardiac arrest, many doctors are associating these deaths with a virus. Also, the same doctors are unclear as to why the Health Ministry stated that only 61 people died within a week when a hospital in Nasr City alone witnessed 40 deaths.

The suspicions of these doctors remain just suspicions. The doctors admitted that when the deaths first starting occurring, they did initially believe that it was due to heatstrokes but as the numbers continue to rise, receiving about 50 new cases daily with similar symptoms in and out of Cairo, their suspicions continue to rise.

The public is also starting to question the Ministy's statement and believe that the government is intentionally keeping critical information quiet to avoid panic within the country or to avoid the public's calls for vacations during the "heatwave."