Conflict between the Sidi Megdoul Association and the delegate of the Ministry of Health: The double penalty for kidney failure patients in Essaouira

On 20 March 2012, a bailiff went on the order of the president of the court of first instance in Essaouira to the haemodialysis centre to carry out an observation report regarding the complaint filed by the Sidi Megdoul Association for patients with kidney failure, subject of file No. 273/2012.Arriving on site at 5 p.m., the bailiff noted in his report having found two patients, a woman and a man, pale and exhausted, who declared to him that they had been waiting for a session since 7 a.m. Unfortunately, the two patients state, the doctor in charge refused them their right to vital care, even though they had already paid the price of the session to the Sidi Megdoul Association for patients with kidney failure. The bailiff's report cites a statement from an official of the Association present on site, who affirms that there is no reason to justify the doctor's decision since there a…