Moroccan tv to air fund-raising telethon for children heart diseases

The Moroccan second tv channel (2M) will air next May 18 a telethon to raise funds for children suffering heart diseases.

Organizers wish to raise up to 15 million dirhams ($ 1.5 million) that will help finance medical costs for children suffering the diseases, especially those from poor families.

According to figures disclosed this Wednesday by the Moroccan press, some 6 children die every day in Morocco of heart diseases.

Morocco intends to build a center for children's heart diseases. The area for the facility is already available in Casablanca.