King Mohamed VI of Morocco spoke with several wounded and medical personnel during your visit to the Marrakech Hospital Centerwhere he also donated blood for victims of the earthquake that struck the southern mountains of this Moroccan city last Friday.

According to public television Al Oula, which broadcast footage of the royal visit, The monarch was accompanied by the ministers of the interior and health.Abdelouafu Laftit and Khalid Ait Taleb visited two departments of the hospital, the intensive care unit and the recovery department, where they reported on the condition of the wounded.

The pictures show Mohamed VI talking to six patients, both men and women, a teenager and the mother of an injured child, as well as several medical workers. Then, appears, donating blood and leaving the hospitalin the hall of which he greeted a group of Moroccans who cheered him on.

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According to public television, 2,171 victims were hospitalized in various medical centers in the Marrakech region, of whom 484 were in serious condition. The latest official death toll from the earthquake is 2,901 dead and 5,530 injured.

The monarch arrived at the center by car at about 16:30 local time, accompanied by a long procession of official and security cars, stayed inside the hospital for about 45 minutes and also left by car. during a visit whose coverage was limited to Moroccan public media.

This is Mohammed VI’s second appearance since the earthquake, following a working meeting he held last Saturday with civilian and military officials at which he ordered an emergency program to help victims and rebuild damaged buildings. and declared three days of official mourning.

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Another earthquake that occurred in the Moroccan region during the reign of Mohammed VI.

Following Friday night’s 7-degree earthquake (the strongest in the country’s history in a century), Mohammed VI also ordered urgent deployment of the army with important human resources, air logistics, land, as well as the creation of a military hospital.

In 2004, Morocco suffered another earthquake in the city of Al Hoceima, which killed hundreds of people. Then the monarch, who was in the early years of his reign, He traveled to the area for several days to provide assistance to the victims.

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According to EFE