Heba Press – Marrakech
A painful story told by the father of medical student Abdel Ghani, who died last Saturday at the Mohammed VI hospital in Marrakech, after taking a large quantity of pills linked to blood pressure and diabetes.
The deceased student, “Abdul Ghani,” was in his 20s. He grew up in a poor family consisting of a father, mother and younger sister. His father says his son “succeeded” academically, excelling among his peers. His dream was to become a “doctor surgeon”, and the family provided him with everything he needed despite the difficulty of spending, as the family lives on social assistance granted by the government in the amount of 500 dirhams. The son reaped positive results in every academic season, until tragedy struck during the medical school crisis, where the life of the student “Abdul Ghani” turned into daily suffering, like that of the rest of his colleagues, after the continued strike and the lack of solutions to their problems. requests.
Last Thursday, the student, as his father tells it, was flying with joy. The father asked his son why he was happy and he replied that the Minister of Higher Education had been replaced by another minister, hoping that this change would be the beginning of resolving the crisis and returning to the stands for finish his studies.
After that, he told his father that he would take a bath and then go to his mother’s house to accompany her on Saturday. But that very day was his last farewell to the hospital, affected by the medications he was taking after hearing the news of the continuing crisis in medical schools, making him lose the hope he had and his dreams.
The student’s family recounts their suffering at Mohammed VI hospital
The father of the deceased student, “Abdel Ghani”, recounted the family drama after his son was transferred to Mohammed VI hospital following a health problem. He said: “We entered the hospital after calling for help from an ambulance belonging to the Ouled Hasson group. We tried to carry him on the bed of the car, but we couldn’t because the bed couldn’t be detached. So I, along with his uncle, carried him to the door of the emergency department. The security guard stopped us and asked us to register before entering, but the father’s pleas were of no use as his son’s condition was deteriorating. Moments later, her uncle explained the situation to the only doctor present that day, and she allowed them inside.
Everyone was waiting for the son to be saved, but after a while, “Abdul Ghani” was brought to the waiting room, after the doctor asked him to bring him a bed. The father did not understand the doctor’s request, so he asked her and she told him that the ward did not contain beds for patients and that some of them were forced to sleep on the floor. The student’s father says: “I discovered the absence of humanity and the lowest conditions of care in the hospital. » The doctor asked him to rent a bed outside the hospital. The father had no choice but to go and rent a bed abroad, because he discovered that this activity had become a profitable business and that everyone at the hospital agreed and cooperated on this behavior which deprived citizens of their right to treatment.
After getting his son a bed, he gave the documents to the doctor, who told him that the young adult could not benefit from these documents. The doctor directed him to the hospital cash register, where he paid 600 dirhams, and returned hoping that his son would be saved. But before he took his last breath, the young man told his uncle that he would not live, asking for forgiveness from his parents and his sister because he had broken the promise he had made to them to get them out. of the hell of poverty afterwards. he completed his studies, became a skilled surgeon and bought them a house worthy of them. However, fate wanted the student “Abdul Ghani” to pass away, just as Minister “Mirawi” left his seat after causing real suffering to the students of medical faculties.
The student’s grieving mother also recounted some of her son’s life and his love for study and hard work. On the day of the tragedy, a number of students who arrived at the hospital gave him all their support so that “Abdul Ghani” recovered. of his illness, but he left with a pain in his heart because of the betrayal of a failed official, leaving families to suffer and students to lose hope for the future.
