Agadir – The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Amine Tehraoui, inaugurated the services of 10 newly rehabilitated and equipped urban and rural health centers and dispensaries across the Fes–Meknes region, aiming to improve primary healthcare access, especially in rural communities.
The launch ceremony took place on Saturday at the second-level rural health center “Tendite” in the Fritissa commune of Boulemane province, in the presence of the Governor of Boulemane, Allal El Baz, alongside local authorities, officials, and elected representatives.
This initiative is part of King Mohammed VI’s directives concerning the reform and rehabilitation of the national health system. It also aligns with the government’s pledges to rebuild, modernize, and equip 1,400 primary healthcare centers nationwide, with a focus on improving accessibility, quality of services, and patient reception conditions.
As part of the initiative, Tehraoui supervised the opening of the second-level rural health center “Tendite,” which includes a local medical emergency unit, along with the rural dispensary “Tagncha.”
The Tendite facility was built at a cost of around MAD 2.7 million, featuring consultation and treatment rooms, areas dedicated to maternal and child health, childbirth services, vaccination, and prenatal and postnatal care, in addition to administrative and support facilities. It is fully equipped to provide general medical consultations, nursing care, deliveries, and vaccination services, including vaccine storage.
In urban areas, healthcare capacity was reinforced with the opening of four first-level urban health centers in the city of Fez-Soundous, Bab Sifer, Benslimane, and Adarissa, as well as the Riad El Kastani urban health center in Meknes.
Meanwhile, Taounate province saw the launch of services at the second-level rural health center “Bouarous” and the rural dispensary “Oulad Ali,” while Sefrou province strengthened its healthcare network with the opening of the rural dispensary “Zgane.”
According to the minister, these newly operational facilities are expected to serve more than 205,000 residents, supported by a workforce of around 80 healthcare professionals.
He emphasized that the centers will offer a broad range of services, including general medical consultations, nursing care, monitoring of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory conditions, maternal and child health services, vaccination, school health, health awareness and education, epidemiological surveillance, and mobile health services.
Minister Tehraoui also highlighted that the Tendite health center stands out through the provision of a mobile medical unit, designed to extend healthcare coverage to remote and underserved rural populations, reducing the need for travel to distant hospital facilities.
