JEDDAH, 3 August 2004 — A Saudi man blocked the main gate of King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital in Taif for more than four hours on Friday protesting the hospital’s new system for the entry and exit of vehicles, Al-Watan reported yesterday.

The man got angry when security guards at the main gate prevented entry to his car after 2 p.m. and diverted it to another gate. He stopped the car in front of the gate and left for home in a taxi, the paper said.