In a Monday interview, Health Minister Amine Tahraoui discussed the Agadir hospital deaths and the ongoing investigation, outlined plans to expand university hospitals and upgrade health facilities, addressed investment incentives for the private health sector, and clarified the context of a viral video from a recent field visit.
Minister of Health and Social Protection Amine Tahraoui appeared before the Social Sectors Commission on Wednesday, where he outlined achievements from 2022 to 2025 and detailed projects planned through 2027. The late-night hearing came amid ongoing street protests marked by heightened tensions.
Earlier this month, Morocco has decided to transfer all Covid-19 patients to two health facilities in Ben Guerir, near Marrakech, and Benslimane, near Casablanca. The decision is reassuring and relieving to citizens more than health workers, according to Dr Al Mountadar El Alaoui from the Independent Union of Public Sector Physicians (SIMSP).