Morocco has opened a new local hospital in Tinghir and started services at 16 more health centres across the country. The move is part of a wider plan to make healthcare easier to access, especially in remote areas.
Health Minister Amine Tehraoui officially launched the Boumalne Dadès Proximity Hospital. The hospital cost 65 million dirhams to build and will serve more than 71,000 people.
It offers emergency care, surgery, maternity and paediatric services, radiology, a lab and a pharmacy. A team of 43 staff will run the site, including six doctors and 29 nurses.
New rural health centres also opened in Ouarzazate and Zagora. The Zagora facility includes a nearby emergency unit.
At the same time, services started at 16 more centres across Souss-Massa, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Drâa-Tafilalet. Seven centres opened in Taroudant and Agadir. Four more opened across Guelmim, Tan-Tan and Sidi Ifni. These centres will focus on chronic illness, maternal care and school health services, with 116 staff in total.
This is the second stage of a much bigger national reform. Earlier in April, the government said it had upgraded 1,400 primary healthcare facilities, costing more than 6.43 billion dirhams and covering over 20 million people.
The next step is to upgrade another 1,600 centres, with 500 planned for completion this year. The reforms follow guidance from King Mohammed VI and are linked to the rollout of Mandatory Health Insurance across the country.
Morocco is also building 15 large hospitals due to open in 2026, adding about 3,000 new beds.
The health ministry is introducing a shared electronic medical record system so patients can access their medical history at any public facility. Officials say the country also wants to produce more medicines locally through the Moroccan Agency for Medicines and Health Products and the Marbio biotechnology platform, aiming to manufacture vaccines and essential drugs in Morocco.
