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“I have been living in Morocco since the beginning of 2019 and have experienced the use of Moroccan medical services. I am continually amazed and satisfied with it and praise its quality to my relatives in Canada. In Canada, I had to wait for years to meet certain specialists for the management of certain medical problems, whereas this situation does not occur in Morocco. In Canada, I also experienced appointment cancellations and surgeries postponed to a very later date. On the other hand, since the use of the private health sector is very developed in Morocco, making appointments is fairly immediate. We can be met on the spot if necessary or given an appointment within a week. Likewise, I have not experienced any cancellation or postponement of appointments or treatments. The support schedule is reliable. Moreover, in Morocco, routine examinations are very focused on prevention. Indeed, I was given tests there that were never administered to me during the same type of follow-up in Canada. Also, in my experience, the waiting time in the emergency is within about 5 to 10 minutes to meet a doctor and be taken care of, which is very contrasting with what we know in Canada. Finally, since the competition is very high in the field of the private sector in health in Morocco, the groups compete in ingenuity in setting up their establishments. This result in recent, modern, clean and well-equipped clinics and hospitals, whose impressive architecture makes a hospital stay pleasant. And all this, at very advantageous rates! In sum, although Canadian doctors are very competent, in my experience health care was generally inaccessible, hasty, superficial, and not focused on prevention and follow-up, and this, as a result of an overwhelmed public health system and very limited recourse to the private sector. While it is quite the opposite in Morocco. I am extremely satisfied and that explains why I now wish to share this satisfying experience with my fellow Canadians and Westerners.”

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Stéphanie Leblanc