Heba Press – Rabat
The decision to demolish the Ayachi hospital in the city of Salé, to build a tourist or residential project there, has caused widespread discontent among residents of the city and its surrounding areas.
The Moroccan Network for the Defense of the Right to Health and the Right to Life The Ministry of Health and Social Protection considered that the closure of the hospital is not only a transfer of services, but rather a decision that threatens the lives of patients who depend on specialized care. provided by the hospital, and will also increase their suffering given the lack of close and suitable alternatives, especially for people with special needs and elderly people who need special care.
The human rights network estimated that the suffering of victims of the humanitarian catastrophe continues, while thousands of people face their fate without clear hope of improvement in their conditions, particularly with the spread of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. -skeletal in Morocco. The preservation of Al-Ayashi Hospital becomes a goal. urgent need to ensure continuity of health care.
The network adds that ignoring the voices of citizens and specialists in this field will have serious consequences for public health. How could the government make the decision to destroy a health establishment considered a reference in its specialty and leave patients to face their unknown fate?
The network called for immediate intervention to cancel the decision to destroy the Ayachi hospital in Salé, which aims to implement a tourist or residential project, calling on the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to assume its responsibilities in protecting rights of patients and workers, and take urgent measures to preserve important national gains, away from commercial projects that… Do not prioritize the health of citizens.
