Morocco Private Clinic Demands 10000 Dirhams Baby Emergency Care

The debate over private clinics returns to Morocco following the testimony of Najwa Koukouss, deputy of the Authenticity and Modernity Party and president of the party’s national council. The elected official recounts having experienced another bad experience in a private clinic where she had gone with her daughter.

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The most shocking point, according to her, concerns another family present on site. In a testimony published on her social networks, Najwa Koukouss claims to have witnessed reception staff demanding 10,000 dirhams as a guarantee before treating a baby whose condition, according to her, required urgent hospitalization.

This practice of the "guarantee check" or financial advance before treatment is regularly denounced in Morocco, particularly in emergency situations. For the parliamentarian, the observed case shows that money still too often comes before immediate medical intervention.

Najwa Koukouss did not limit herself to the financial aspect. She also says she was concerned about the quality of her own daughter’s consultation. According to her account, the doctor who examined her seemed tired, poorly focused and unable to provide a precise diagnosis, merely mentioning a "virus" without being able to identify it.

The deputy also denounces hygiene standards

The elected official also claims to have observed failures to comply with hygiene rules in a space intended to welcome infants and children. She notably recounts being asked to place her daughter on an unprotected and non-disinfected scale, with no protective paper available.

She also says she refused to place her child on an examination bed deemed dirty, before protective paper was finally brought. For the deputy, this situation transforms the fear of illness into fear of additional contamination within the clinic itself.

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In her message, Najwa Koukouss directly addresses the Ministry of Health and severely criticizes the management of the sector. She believes that if the public hospital functioned properly, families would not be forced to turn to private clinics under such conditions.