New medico-social campaign in Laâyoune

The Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is organizing, from 4 to 9 April at the Hassan II Hospital of Specialties in Laâyoune, a new medico-social campaign dedicated to cataract surgery. Targeting destitute populations and focused on the screening of visual impairments and eye diseases, the campaign, which is part of the Foundation's humanitarian commitment, aims to treat 300 patients suffering from cataracts to benefit from free medical and surgical treatments, indicates a statement from the Foundation, reports the MAP. The operation will require more than 180 hours of surgical procedures performed by 10 specialized practitioners, volunteers, and members of the Hassan II Ophthalmology Foundation, according to the MAP. Placed under the High Patronage of H.M. King Mohammed VI and the effective presidency of H.R.H. Prince Moulay Rachid, the Marrakech Festival Foundation is or…