Moroccan Epilepsy Patient Seeks Return to Ceuta for Crucial Treatment

Hamza wanted to return to Ceuta since 2019, but the health crisis related to Covid-19 and his precarious situation did not allow him to go to the autonomous city to be treated. "I am poor and my condition has started to worsen, so I have to go to Europe to undergo two operations, because epilepsy can cause paralysis and disabilities," he explains to El Faro de Ceuta.

His attending physician in Morocco told him that the hospitals in the kingdom do not have the technical capacity for these types of interventions and recommended that he go to Spain. "When I contacted the Red Cross, they told me to let them know as soon as I was in Ceuta, but unfortunately I haven’t found a way to enter the city. I’m now stuck here in Tetouan," Hamza says.

Desperate, the young man is launching an SOS to put an end to this disease that he has been dragging since childhood and which continues to affect his life. "It’s because of epilepsy that I couldn’t continue my studies," he adds, hoping to get the support of good-willed people to be operated on quickly and lead as normal a life as possible.