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The Right to Health
Deterioration of the Health Delivery Service
Shortage of medical and para-medical personnel;
Poor emergency and delivery services;
Prevalence of high rates of mortality among pregnant women due to
negligence and errors happening during delivery;
Deterioration of conditions of hospitalisation;
Rampant of bribery, favouritism and discrimination against Sahrawis;
Lobbies that cause suffering to the patients because of extortion,
involving doctors, nurses, pharmacists and vendors of para-medical
equipment;
Absence of a university treatment centre in the occupied Western
Sahara cities; and
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Absence of medical services in the rural areas of Western Sahara.
The violations that take place in the hospitals against the Sahrawi citizens who
participate in peaceful demonstrations and protest marches include the following:
1.
Abduction and arrest of some victims of violence and torture during
treatment (the case of Aminatou Haidar);
2.
Involvement of some of Moroccan medical teams in concealing cases
of violence and torture perpetrated by the Moroccan Intelligence
against Sahrawi citizens who they deny medical certificates;