Morocco: Scorpions Invite Themselves During the Holidays

In Morocco, while scorpions, snakes and stray dogs are claiming victims during this heatwave, vaccines are in short supply. Many hospitals, health centres and dispensaries in rural areas are suffering from a serious shortage of antivenom serums and rabies vaccines. Noureddine Kchibel, MP for the National Rally of Independents (RNI), addresses a written question to the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Khalid Aït Taleb.

The shortage of antivenom and rabies serums worries Noureddine Kchibel. “The systematic exclusion of rural residents in the province of Taounate in the health sector is reflected in the inability of the provincial hospital, as well as most centers and dispensaries in the province, at the beginning of this week, to provide the rabies vaccine to administer first aid and emergency care to save human lives. The greatest proof of this is what happened in the province when stray dogs attacked several douars, resulting in the death of a child following their bites, and injuring more than fifty other children,” laments the RNI deputy in a written question addressed to the Minister of Health. This incident has caused great fear and concern among residents for their children and the spread of the infection to families, the elected official said, recalling that two girls died last year due to the lack of antivenom serums for scorpion bites.