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Rabat – Morocco on Thursday inaugurated the Mohammed VI Perinatal Clinic in Bamako in an effort to reduce high-risk pregnancies and limit maternal and infant mortality by providing infants and premature babies access to perinatal and postnatal services.
The clinic’s first stone was laid in February 2014 by King Mohammed VI and the late Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The construction process took over three years to complete.
Built on a 5 hectares piece of land, the gynecology facility is set to provide numerous services, including intensive care and resuscitation for mothers, neonatal resuscitation, and neonatology while adhering to the latest international standards.
Wadidie Foune Coulibaly, Mali’s Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family, welcomed the inauguration of the new facility, which has “an integrated medical service for surgical operations, emergency care, a capacity of 79 beds, scanners, X-ray machines, and treatment rooms.”
The facility has an overall capacity of 79 beds. It is expected to deliver 5,000 births per year as well as up to 2,000 cesarean sections. The clinic is also set to admit 1,400 patients per year for intensive care, in addition to 470 annual admissions for neonatology and neonatal purposes.
The clinic also possesses Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), X-Rays, X-Rays, and Ultrasound Ultrasound (EUS) machines, as well as delivery rooms, a medical analysis laboratory, and two fully equipped suites for operations.
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In the week prior to the inauguration, the medical and technical staff who had been recruited to work at the Mohammed VI clinic underwent training to familiarize themselves with the equipment used within the facility.
Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development organized the training in partnership with a team of Moroccan doctors and technicians.
Through this project, Morocco has provided a “concrete model” of south-south cooperation, which reflects Morocco’s African policy that calls for a unified approach to cooperation with partners across the continent, said the Moroccan ambassador to Mali.
Dieminatou Sangare, Mali’s Minister of Health and Social Development, echoed the Ambassador’s comments, adding that the Moroccan “donation will contribute to preserving the health of mothers and children in Mali.”
Sangare further lauded King Mohammed VI’s “benevolent efforts and his permanent support to Mali and its people,” adding that Mali “now has a modern medical center for the benefit of women and infants.”
