The Moroccan field hospital in Mannouba, 14 km from the Tunisian capital, is fully functional and already providing support to medical facilities in Tunis.
The field hospital was set up to help reduce the pressure on hospitals in the North African country, after a surge in COVID-19 infections left hospitals and medical facilities overwhelmed with patients.
Inaugurated on Thursday, July 15 as part of the emergency medical aid sent by Morocco to Tunisia, the field hospital has a total capacity of 100 beds, including a unit with 50 oxygen beds and another with 50 intensive care beds.
Morocco’s donation joins global efforts to aid the country’s 12 million population deal with weeks-long spike in COVID-19 cases and increased death rates.
“The field hospital, and other solidarity achievements, are the way for Maghreb unity, which is writing a new page in the history of Maghreb relations.” the acting Minister of Health, Mohamed Trabelsi, told some Tunisian media.
Before being sacked by President Kais Saied, former PM Hichem Mechichi dismissed the health minister over shortages of vaccine supplies and mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.
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