RABAT, NOV 4 /DNA/ – The King Mohammed VI, accompanied by the Prince Moulay El Hassan, inaugurated on Monday “the Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex of Rabat“, an internationally renowned facility offering cutting-edge nationwide services for all, along with a high level training in healthcare professions. On the same day, the Sovereign has issued His High Instructions to put into service “the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center of Agadir“, considered a landmark medical pole poised to make a great stride in healthcare services and doctor training in the Souss-Massa region.
A true emblem of a new-era modern and smart sanitary infrastructure, “the Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex of Rabat”, established by the Mohammed VI Foundation and Sciences and Health, embodies the Utmost Care and Vision of HM the King. It also reflects the ambition aimed at providing all citizens with equitable access to next-generation healthcare services, with a hospital facility that integrates the most advanced medical innovations built against a university facility of reference and research. It also attests to the key role attached by the Sovereign to human resources training in this vital sector, as well as His determination to grant them high-quality training, in line with the scientific and technological developments as regards treatment, prevention, management and healthcare governance, in accordance with international standards.
Spanning a 280,000 m² surface area, the Complex encompasses two complementary facilities: The Mohammed VI International University Hospital of Rabat (190,000 m²) in addition to the Mohammed VI University of Science and Health (90,000 m²).
A patient-centered next-generation facility:
With an initial capacity hosting 600 beds, extensible to 1000, “the Mohammed VI University Hospital-Rabat” englobes more than 30 medical surgical and medical technical poles of excellence, covering specialties such as robotic surgery, neurosurgery, interventional cardiology, oncology, radiotherapy, as well as cutting-edge imaging.This hospital counts, among others, more than 24 ultramodern operating rooms, including 19 concentrated within an integrated operating unit, with a global 3,400 m² area, including hybrid and robotic rooms, as well as 143 intensive care beds, including 30 neonatal incubators. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including PET-MRI, a first in Morocco and Africa, combined with PET-SCAN for high-precision diagnosis. It is also equipped with 3T Omega MRI, the Ethos Hypersight radiotherapy system, a robotic hospital pharmacy, and a simulation center.
Among the innovative services, it is worth mentioning the burn unit and the hyperbaric and hypobaric oxygen therapy service -the only service of this kind in Morocco intended for advanced medical treatments and physiological research. In addition, the Complex has the first laboratory platform fully automated in Africa, covering all stages of chemical analysis, immunology and hematology, from preanalysis, analysis and postanalysis. It has the only anatomical pathology digitalized lab in Morocco, offering traceability and high precision diagnosis.
Patient-focused, “the Mohammed VI International University Hospital-Rabat” proposes integrated and customized care paths, ensuring comfort, security and quality. The facility is also considered a privileged learning platform for the Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health students, enabling them an immersive experience in clinical and top-tier technology environments. A genuine academic pole of excellence, “the Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health-Rabat” is due to contribute to strengthening one of the strategic pillars of the healthcare system’s reform, namely the human capital.
The university has 15 lecture halls with a total capacity of 4,000 seats, 72 classrooms, and 217 rooms for practical and supervised work. With a capacity of up to 8,000 students, this educational facility has several faculties and schools: Mohammed VI Faculty of Medicine – Rabat, Mohammed VI Faculty of Dentistry, Mohammed VI Faculty of Pharmacy, Mohammed VI School of Veterinary Medicine, Mohammed VI Higher School of Health Sciences, Mohammed VI Faculty of Nursing Sciences and Health Professions. An international medical simulation center complements this system, providing students with hands-on training in an environment that simulates real-life professional conditions.
Committed to a sustainability approach, “the Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex of Rabat” is certified HQE (High Quality Environmental standard) at the “Exceptional” level. It is equipped with 8,800 m² of photovoltaic panels, covering more than 10% of its energy needs and reducing its carbon emissions by 40%.
Agadir Mohammed VI CHU, genuine symbol of modernity:
As for “the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center of Agadir”, which will be opened to citizens in accordance with the High Royal Instructions, it was built on a 30-hectare site (127,000 m² indoors), located near the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. With an investment of around MAD 3.1 billion, the new “Mohammed VI University Hospital of Agadir”, with a total capacity of 867 beds, includes several poles (mother-and-child, medical-surgical, radiology, cardiology, etc.), a central operating block (19 rooms), additional rooms for emergencies ( 5 rooms) and for burn victims, a laboratory, a central pharmacy, and an integrated training and simulation system.
A true symbol of modernity, Agadir CHU is the first facility in Africa to integrate surgical robot “Revo I”, allowing minimally invasive interventions with micrometric precision, high definition 3D vision and providing unprecedented operational comfort for surgeons and patients. With two cardiac catheterization rooms and intensive care units equipped with multi-parameter monitors, the cardiology pole of the new CHU ensures the full care of patients with coronary illnesses and heart arrhythmia. The equipment, which complies with international standards, enables angioplasty, electrophysiology exploration, and high-resolution intravascular imaging to be performed.
Similarly, to guarantee patient safety and quality of care, “the Mohammed VI University Hospital of Agadir” is equipped with a full sterilization Center (washer-disinfectors, saturated steam autoclaves, and automated packaging areas ensuring the traceability of instruments), as well as a central pharmacy with a medication dispensing robot, guaranteeing secure preparation and automated delivery to hospital departments, a first in the region.
As a next-generation reference hospital, this project, which will benefit around 3 million people, will contribute to the development of hospital infrastructure in the Souss-Massa region and to strengthening healthcare services, bringing them closer to citizens who will no longer need to travel to other cities for complex surgeries or certain difficult pathologies. These two large hospital facilities will generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs, contributing to economic and social development at both regional and national levels.
