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At the opening of the government council, Head of the Government Saadeddine El Othmani said that Morocco would expand the number of equipped hospital beds for Covid-19 patients to 3,000 and purchase several respiratory devices.
«At first, we announced that Morocco had 1,640 fully equipped hospital beds for Covid-19 patients, but the purchase of respiratory devices will allow us to increase this number to 3,000», El Othmani announced.
In a press release sent to Yabiladi, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform said that the Special Fund for the management of the coronavirus pandemic would be used to «upgrade medical devices», support the national economy and maintain jobs.
For that sake, the same source indicates that 2 billion dirhams issued from said fund allowed the purchase of medical and hospital equipment: «1,000 resuscitation beds, 500 medical vacuums, 100,000 sampling kits and 100,000 test kits», in addition to radiological and imaging equipment.
This budget also made it possible to buy medicine and medical consumables, in addition to strengthening the operating resources of the Ministry of Health.
Following the instructions of King Mohammed VI, military health workers will join forces with the public sector medical personnel in order to cope with the health emergency.
