Bymaro, the Moroccan subsidiary of France’s Bouygues, has finished building the 280,000-sq-m Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex in Rabat after 24 months.
The complex features four six-storey buildings and a 25-storey tower, containing a total of 600 beds, 124 of which will be dedicated to intensive care, and 24 operating theatres, 19 of which have robotic capabilities.
The hospital can accommodate 30 medical fields, including neurosurgery, interventional cardiology, oncology, high-precision radiotherapy and medical imaging.
It contains a burns unit, 30 neonatal incubators and Morocco’s only hypobaric chambers, which are used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning.
There will also be 15 lecture theatres with 4,000 seats, 72 teaching rooms and 217 practical work rooms able to accommodate 8,000 students.
Located in the university area, all lecture theatres are grouped together and offer students and staff a wide range of training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health engineering, nursing and other healthcare.
Designed by Paris-based AIA Architectes, alongside Morocco’s Pictogramme and YLA, the hospital is located in the centre of the Moroccan capital of Rabat.
Construction is estimated to have cost €500m, not including medical equipment and furniture.
The hospital is intended as a model for future university hospitals in Morocco.
Its green features include 8,800-sq-m of photovoltaic panels, optimised design and the use of low-carbon materials, which has reduced emissions by 40% when compared to traditional construction methods.
4,500 site workers from Bymaro and local partners worked on the project during peak periods.
Pierre-Eric Saint-André, said: “The Mohammed VI International University Hospital in Rabat, which will benefit thousands of Moroccans, epitomises the country’s ambitions in terms of healthcare, higher education and sustainable construction.
“The commitment and expertise of our teams, along with exemplary collaboration with our partners, made it possible for us to meet this technical and human challenge within 24 months.”
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Nice!
Perhaps with that training they can replicate China’s
building a 1000 bed hospital from ground break to receiving patents in not 10 months, or 10 weeks, but 10 days….The use of the American System of Physical Economy created dy Alexander Hamilton gives an mountain Everest size lead over the deep pit the Americans are no heading into by accepting the use of the British financial system of speculation in pieces of paper promises.
Seems like the BRICS nations new Development bank will also put America to shame unless they break with the Elites of the British Empire and its naked king wearing a paper mache crown -(Oh ug). Poor subjects could form their own Revolution against the enforcers and dine on more then fishnchips.