Strong wind gusts with dust storms (75-90 km/h) are expected from Friday to Sunday in several provinces of the Kingdom, the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) announced on Friday. This phenomenon, scheduled for Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., will concern the provinces of Figuig, Taourirt, Midelt, Azilal, Ouarzazate, Boulemane, Tinghir, Guercif, Sefrou, Ifrane, Khénifra, Beni-Mellal, Tangier-Asilah, Fahs-Anjra and Tetouan, the DGM pointed out in an orange weather alert. These strong wind gusts with dust storms are also expected, from Saturday at 8 a.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m., in the provinces of Fahs-Anjra, Tangier-Asilah, Figuig, Boulemane, Midelt, Ifrane, Khenifra, Beni Mellal, Tinghir, Errachidia, Zagora, Ouarzazate, Azilal, Al Haouz, Chichaoua, the same source added. Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse
Banque Populaire Opens First Branch in El Guerguarate
The Banque Populaire Group (BCP), second largest bank in Morocco, on Friday opened its first branch in El Guerguarate, contributing to support the development momentum in the southern provinces of the Kingdom. This new branch was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Wali of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, governor of the province of Oued Eddahab, Ali Khalil, Governor of the province of Aousserd, Abderrahaman El Jaouhari, and President of BCP Group, Mohamed Karim Mounir, as well as elected officials and civil and military personalities. The inauguration of this new branch constitutes a strong signal of the BCP Group's commitment to the economic and social development of the southern provinces of the Kingdom. The Group is thus strengthening its contribution to the development of the economic activity in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, which enjoys rich economic potential and benefits from significant investments in key sectors, such as fisheries, tourism and renewable energies. Source: Agence Marocaine D e Presse
Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity Pursues its Surgical Actions Backed by Foundation’s Connected Mobile Medical Units Program
As part of its medical-humanitarian activities during the month of Ramadan, the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity is organizing, on March 20-30, a major cataract surgery campaign, benefiting people living in disaster-stricken douars (small villages) in the provinces of Al Haouz and Chichaoua. The initiative, carried out in partnership with local authorities, the Regional Health and Social Protection Department and the AMMS (Moroccan Medical Association of Solidarity), is designed to provide surgical treatment for cataract cases detected by the UMMC-FMVS operating in the provinces of Al Haouz and Chichaoua. It will benefit a total of three hundred (300) patients from the douars of Chichaoua and Amizmiz, areas severely affected by the Al Haouz earthquake, according to a Foundation press release issued on Friday. The intervention program is being implemented in two stages, each lasting three days, with each stage including surgical operations and post-operative monitoring. The first phase runs from March 22 to 24 at Amizmiz center, on the UMMC-FMVS site. One hundred and fifty (150) surgical procedures are scheduled. The second phase will run from March 28 to 30 at the UMMC-FMVS site in the douar of Mzouda, 48 kilometers from Chichaoua. In addition to the technical resources of the UMMC-FMVS, considerable resources have been mobilized to ensure that the campaign runs smoothly, and that the best possible conditions are in place to welcome and care for the local population. Specific areas for high-quality, safe pre-operative preparation (ECG and measurement of vital signs) have been set up close to the UMMC-FMVS, adds the same source. Four mobile units, including two ophthalmic surgery platforms (4 operating theatres) supplied by AMMS, are deployed in the field. Lastly, a team of 34 people, including the Foundation's managers, social workers and technicians, as well as the association's surgeons (10) and paramedical staff, are taking part in the campaign. As a reminder, the aim of the surgical campaigns progr ammed as part of the UMMC-FMVS program is to facilitate access for rural populations to specialized surgical services, by complementing the general medical and tele-expertise services provided by the UMMC-FMVS. The first such campaign, carried out in early March in the provinces of Sefrou and Boulemane, treated 130 patients from the localities of Tachot Amlal, Ait Khabach, Tassa and neighboring douars, concludes the press release. Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse