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Medical staffs in Cairo's largest hospital, Qasr al-Aini, have joined hundreds of thousands of Egyptian protesters to demand an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-old rule.

About 3000 staff of Qasr al-Aini hospital took to the streets of Cairo on Thursday and headed towards the lower House of the parliament to join thousands of protesters that have blockaded the legislative building, AFP reported.

Revolution has entered its 17th consecutive day in crisis-hit Egypt, despite massive crackdown on demonstrators in the past two days that has so far left more than a hundred people killed or wounded.

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters camped overnight in the streets of Egyptian capital Cairo, near the parliament building, the site of a massive march on Wednesday.

In another development on Thursday, protesters blocked roads and railways connecting the northern part of the country to the south.

Reports say the pro-democracy demonstrators set fire to tires placed across the main motorway that goes from Cairo to Assiut, 350 kilometers south of Cairo.

Around 8,000 protesters, mainly farmers, took to the streets in Assiut and used wooden planks and bricks to block the railway line.

Also, more than 3,000 railway workers went on strike in an effort to put more pressure on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resign.

According to the United Nations, the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Egypt has claimed the lives of more than 300 people since protests began on January 25 in the North African country.