New medical imaging equipment for a medical & surgical clinic in Fez.

Clinic Al Qods is a private medical-surgical establishment operates within the healthcare value chain with more than 35 beds and 50 health professionals located in Fes. To develop its activity and ensure the local demand for diagnostic radiology services, the clinic requested financing and technical assistance from the Green Value Chain (GVC) programme to invest in the acquisition of a new medical imaging equipment (MRI).

The new MRI incorporates a new technology to deliver consistently high-quality images. Notably, the system’s improved signal-to-noise ratio result in clearer diagnostic information. Moreover, the new MRI allows to increase the number of scans conducted per day, from 30 scans/day to 40 scans/day surpassing the capabilities of the previous generation MRI which are still available on the market. It also provides high-speed imaging across the anatomy with a significant reduction in scan time and provides enhanced analysis efficiency with acceleration technology that also increases patient throughout.

This investment enables the clinic to increase its market share by meeting a growing local demand for health care services in the province of Fez. The energy savings achieved through this project is 113 MWh/year of electrical energy corresponding to 63.8 % compared to the baseline and 75.24 TCO2/year of GHG emissions avoided through the reduction in electricity consumption and the non-consumption of Helium (zero boil off).

Green Value Chain (GVC) in Morocco is a credit facility of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to provide funding to local partner financial institutions for on-lending to Moroccan SMEs belonging to agribusiness, processing industries and logistics value chains and ecosystems. Supported by the European Union, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Korean Technical Assistance and Cooperation Account (KTACA) and the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund (EBRD SSF), the facility aims to improve competitiveness of SMEs and that of their value chains and ecosystems through highly efficient green investments.