A medical and surgical campaign targets 2,500 rural residents in Safi, Morocco
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MAP
Illustrative image · Thirdman · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity launched a two-day medical and surgical campaign on Friday in Tlat Bouguedra, on 13 and 14 November, aiming for 140 cataract operations. According to Noureddine Retbi, head of the foundation’s humanitarian and medical division, interviewed by MAP, a first recruitment phase led to 645 eye consultations in October.
The Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity launched a medical and surgical campaign on Friday in Tlat Bouguedra, in Safi province, Morocco, aimed at 2,500 people, held on 13 and 14 November, MAP reports. It targets residents of the Abda, Sebt Gzoula and Hrara circles and aims to carry out 140 cataract operations.
The programme covers paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, gastroenterology, cardiology, rheumatology, ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat, nephrology, urology, dermatology and dental care, as well as radiology examinations, laboratory tests and the dispensing of medicines. A first recruitment phase, held on 24 and 25 October in Tlat Bouguedra, enabled 645 eye consultations and assessments.
Noureddine Retbi, head of the humanitarian and medical division of the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, said to MAP that the operation brings specialist medical services closer to rural populations, without a long journey to hospitals. He presents the campaign as a local initiative serving vulnerable populations, as part of the foundation’s ongoing work.
This campaign joins other local healthcare operations in Morocco. On 7 November, a medical campaign in Al-Qods treated nearly 150 residents. On 12 November, a medical caravan in Sahel Chamali treated rural residents near Assilah.
