A man who tried to avoid a drug test by using his wife’s urine was told by doctors, “Congratulations, you’re pregnant.”
The Egyptian bus driver was unaware that his wife was actually two months pregnant when he was selected for the spot check drug test and so thought that using his wife’s urine sample would be a good idea. After ‘taking’ the test, he was then asked by doctors if he was still happy to say that the sample was his own.
When he confirmed that the urine sample was his, the doctors revealed that he was pregnant.
“This story, despite being funny has several lessons,” said Tamer Amin a local talk show presenter. “First, that drugs have become available to so many and have become as common as cigarettes. This is a calamity.”
According to the BBC the transport authority now require employees to give a blood sample as well as a urine sample in order to prevent more faked tests.
It is reported that the use of drugs has been on the rise in Egypt and that there is an increased number of people reportedly addicted to prescription and painkiller medication.
