Morocco scorpion crisis heat emergency healthcare
Rising summer temperatures are reviving the scourge of scorpion stings in Ouezzane province. Faced with failing medical infrastructure and a shortage of antidotes, thousands of residents are confronted with life-threatening emergencies.
Health professionals and associations denounce the fact that the area suffers from a "structural lack of healthcare provision". While neighboring regions benefit from new equipment, this province remains ignored by modernization programs. This glaring deficit of medical staff forces patients to undertake long and perilous journeys to other provinces.
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On the ground, the paralysis of hospitals is fueling residents’ anger. They lament the absence of ambulances and the non-implementation of rehabilitation agreements promised for health centers. The dispensaries still operating thus function in extreme precarity, unable to fulfill their role as a last resort in case of emergency.
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This degraded health context becomes dramatic with rising temperatures. Cases of scorpion attacks are multiplying rapidly in isolated mountainous communes, reports Al Akhbar. The impossibility of finding antivenin serums in these health centers transforms each bite into a potential tragedy for these isolated populations.
