Health structures questioned again: A young woman dies in the maternity ward in Essaouira

A 30-year-old woman and mother of five children died last Saturday in the maternity ward at the Provincial Hospital Centre of Essaouira following a home birth. This led to a haemorrhage that required her hospitalisation and the removal of the uterus. She gave birth to twins (a boy and a girl) before passing away following this haemorrhage.We tried to reach the delegate of the Ministry of Health or the director of the hospital to have more clarifications on this new affair, but without success, as was the case on several occasions.This other tragedy calls into question the problem of the proximity of health structures linked to a complex problem due to socio-cultural, political, economic, and administrative factors. Many women and their newborns are frequently victims of this unsustainable situation in a Morocco that declares rights but without acting sufficiently to make them accessible…