A second field hospital built as COVID-19 surges in Agadir

A second field hospital built as COVID-19 surges in Agadir
Thursday 26 August 2021 - 12:30

Health authorities in the Souss Massa region set up a new field hospital in Agadir for Covid-19 patients, to relieve pressure on hospitals in this region Souss Massa currently reaching an all-time high saturation.

This field hospital has a capacity of 104 beds and is equipped with the latest technological equipment. 48 medical staff, including nurses and assistants will be involved in its supervision.

The number of cases in the Souss-Massa region reached 476 cases, and in Agadir reached 106 cases according to latest data from the Ministry of Health.

‘This hospital structure, which has a capacity of 104 beds, including 20 beds designated for critical cases, will allow patients to be taken care of in the best conditions, pending the achievement of collective immunity’ said the director of the regional hospital center in Agadir, Jamaa Ladame. 

the intensive care occupancy rate worsened to 52.5%, health experts told Hespress Eng, noting that intensive care beds are now unavailable in Fez, Casablanca and Marrakesh.

Every patient admitted to intensive care occupies a bed for up to three weeks.

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