Some 3,000 new cases of chronic kidney failure recorded in Morocco annually

Some 3,000 new cases of chronic kidney failure are recorded in Morocco every year, the Moroccan association of nephrologists (SMN) said in a release Wednesday.

The annual incidence of the disease is estimated at an annual 110 cases out of one million inhabitants.

Since the opening of the first Moroccan dialysis center in 1980, the number of treated patients saw a significant rise. Specialized centers have also increased in number to reach some 85.

However, the release goes, the number of treated patients remains insufficient and more efforts must be made to deal with more patients, especially indigent ones.