King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Friday in the urban commune of Gueznaya (Prefecture of Tangier-Asilah) the University Hospital Center (CHU) Mohammed VI in order to provide additional health care to the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.
The facility was built on a 23-hectare (110,000 m2) site and maintains a capacity of 797 beds.
Tangier’s new facility was funded by the State budget and the Qatari Fund for Development with more than 2.4 billion MAD.
Financing also provided for the installation of photovoltaic panels, and for the construction of both liquid and solid medical waste treatment plants.
The hospital will also carry out care, training, research, expertise, innovation, and public health missions.
The project includes a Hospital of Specialties with 586 beds encompassing a medical-surgical facility–with services focusing on pneumology, hematology, endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, ophthalmology, ENT, and nuclear medicine–in addition to an Emergency/Intensive Care facility for adults, and a service for patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases. The medical complex also contains a plastic surgery and burn treatment unit.
Facilities for sleep disorders and obesity, as well as for marrow transplants and cardiovascular rehabilitation will function to serve the needs of clients in need of those services, along with a Mother and Child Hospital containing 211 beds.
Additionally, the center has been outfitted with an emergency medical service unit (SAMU), a Trauma Center, a medical imaging service, and laboratories focusing on the disciplines of bacteriology, microbiology, hematology, pathological anatomy, cytology, and molecular genetics. Three-dimensional imaging/printing capability (LABFAB) will complement this state-of-the-art initiative.
CHU also includes a theatre, a central pharmacy, a museum, and a gallery of photographs and literary works, along with a Digital Information System utilizing data in targeting individualized patient needs.
The Mohammed VI University Hospital Center is aligned with the objectives of the Tangier-Metropolis program.