Canadian imprisoned in Cairo allowed MRI after call from president’s office

The family of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo says the man has finally been taken to a hospital for a badly injured shoulder after the country’s interim president assured them he would receive proper medical treatment.

But Mohamed Fahmy’s brother says the president’s office did not address what the family says is a “ridiculous” set of terrorism charges brought against the 40-year-old and his co-workers.

Fahmy has now been behind bars for nearly three months after he and two colleagues were arrested on Dec. 29 while working for satellite news broadcaster Al-Jazeera English.

His brother says Fahmy was taken to a hospital this weekend for an MRI on a shoulder he fractured before his arrest, which has grown worse in prison.

Adel Fahmy says while the hospital visit was a positive development, his brother is anxious for his case to be expedited as weeks in prison take their toll.

Mohamed Fahmy’s trial resumes in a Cairo court on Monday.