Morocco has recruited more than 1,200 specialist doctors into the public health system since the launch of recent reforms, the health minister said, as authorities seek to address chronic staff shortages.
Speaking in a televised interview on Monday, health minister Amine Tahraoui said Morocco still falls below international benchmarks for doctor to population ratios, making human resources one of the sector’s biggest challenges.
He said the government has increased medical school intake, but noted that new graduates will not enter the workforce before 2030, requiring interim measures. One such step has been accelerating the integration of specialist doctors.
Since 2019, around 200 specialists have been assigned each year, Tahraoui said. In 2022 alone, the pace sharply increased, with 700 specialists recruited in less than a year. This month, an additional 500 specialists are being deployed across regions, bringing the total to more than 1,200 doctors integrated since the reforms began.
Tahraoui acknowledged that 6 to 7 percent of graduates do not take up posts and said the ministry is studying the reasons, while also working to improve pay and introduce performance based incentives to retain doctors in public hospitals.
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