After a year at the head of the Ministry of Health in Morocco, on 30 January Anas Doukkali presented the 2018 review of this fundamental sector and set out the main lines of his 2025 health plan. On the investment side, the government has decided to allocate 16 billion dirhams to improving hospital provision, covering projects inaugurated, under way or under study. During 2018, those inaugurated included notably the Salé provincial hospital centre (250 beds, 339 MDH) and the Demnate local hospital (45 beds, 66 MDH). In addition, 549 MDH were used to acquire specific equipment for operating theatres, 38.5 MDH funded paediatric equipment, and 12.1 MDH provided the provinces of Imzouren, Targuist and Sidi Kacem with scanners. Two major hospital projects are also under way, with the construction of a university hospital (CHU) in Tangier (771 beds) and another in Agadir (867 beds). Anas Doukkali also recalled the launch of the plan to accelerate the upgrading of emergency services. In this spirit, 30 category A ambulances, 144 incubators and 24 mobile incubators were acquired and distributed to the various regional hospital centres.
