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A Moroccan general practitioner who fraudulently presented himself as a “gynecologist-obstetrician” was suspended for continuing to practice without submitting to hygienic rules against the spread of Covid-19 after his return from abroad. It has tested positive for the coronavirus, informs the Moroccan Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health announces in a press release relayed by the Moroccan media the closure of a clinic and a medical office following the positive coronavirus test of the doctor responsible for the two establishments. The doctor is also accused of misappropriation of qualifications.
THE NOTE SPECIFIES THAT THE DOCTOR WHO PRACTICES IN TÉTOUAN AND WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS “DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE RULES REQUIRED IN TERMS OF PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF THIS PANDEMIC, AFTER A RETURN FROM ABROAD”.
“Indeed, […] the person concerned continued to consult patients, and even performed two operating procedures, without the provincial delegate of the Ministry of Health advising him of the rules and the precise protocol he had to follow, “explains the document. .
Opening of two investigations
In the same press release, the Ministry of Health said that two investigations, one health and the other administrative, had been opened against the doctor implicated in this case.
The results of the first revealed “preliminary” facts [de, ndlr] breach of deontological and ethical rules by endangering the lives of others ”.
CONCERNING THE SECOND, FACTS OF “USURPATION OF QUALIFICATION” WERE HIGHLIGHTED, INDICATES THE NOTE WHICH SPECIFIES THAT THE DOCTOR IS “GENERAL PRACTITIONER AND NOT GYNECOLOGIST-OBSTETRICIAN AS HE AFFIRMS IT”. THE MINISTRY ALSO POINTS OUT “THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE PROVINCIAL DELEGATE AND FALSE INFORMATION”.
Finally, the Ministry of Health announces “the closure of the clinic and the medical office in question with legal and administrative proceedings” and “coercive measures against the provincial health delegate”.
In Morocco, 127 cases of coronavirus contamination are treated in hospitals, four people have died and three have recovered, according to the latest official report from the Moroccan Ministry of Health. The regional distribution shows that more than 60% of the cases are concentrated in the Casablanca-Settat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Fès-Meknès regions.
