The immediate start-up concerns 11 new centres whose construction and equipment work was completed - for the most part - in 2021, in six Moroccan cities
Morocco’s king orders 11 new medical, social care centres to serve poor
King Mohammed VI gives his instructions to Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity to put into service 11 new centres in different cities for the benefit of poor populations.
Wednesday 23/02/2022
The immediate start-up concerns 11 new centres whose construction and equipment work was completed - for the most part - in 2021, in six Moroccan cities
RABAT - Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, President of the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, has given his high instructions to make available the centres built by the Foundation in the fields of medical and social care as well as training for the benefit of poor populations.
The King’s directive comes in the context of strengthening the public health offer and reducing the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on populations living in precarious situations, initiated under the High Benevolence of the Sovereign, said a statement by the Foundation.
The immediate start-up concerns 11 new centres whose construction and equipment work was completed - for the most part - in 2021, in six cities of the Kingdom. They are part of programs to improve access to local health care for disadvantaged populations, management of specific needs as well as access of young people to vocational training, and to support capacity building of women, added the same source.
These include large-scale projects and medico-social structures that fall under two of the Foundation's major programs in the areas of health and disability: Local Medical Centres - Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity (CMP) and the network of the Mohammed VI National Centre for the Disabled (CNMH). Two new CMP, among the 12 units planned (including 2 operational in Rabat and Casablanca since 2019) will open their doors in Bni Makada in Tangier (66 million dirhams) and in the New City of Errhama (73 million dirhams). As for the CNMH, it is the two new regional sections of Tangier (66 million dirhams) and Agadir (25 million dirhams) that will start their activities, bringing to 8 the number of CNMH that are operational on the national territory.
In addition, the Centre for Chronic Diseases specialized in the treatment of diabetes (5 million dirhams) will consolidate the offer in this field in the city of Fez.
In addition to these facilities, the Second Chance School of Ben M'sik (14 million dirhams) will allow young people between 12 and 20 years old without a diploma and without a job to regain their footing and build their professional integration project.
Other projects include three Training and Capacity Building Centres for Youth and Women in Fahs Anjra (17.5 million dirhams), the Local Centre for Women and Children in Mers El Kheir (6 million dirhams) located in the Prefecture of Skhirat - Temara and the Pedagogical Centre for Hearing Rehabilitation in Tangier (16 million dirhams).