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Fez: free surgical mission targets around 90 patients

Operation Smile Morocco is organising a mission at Fez's Al Ghassani hospital from 30 October to 4 November 2026, according to Hespress and reporting by Rassd Al Maghrebe.

Street in the Fez mellah.
Fez, April 2011. Geographic archive; does not depict the hospital or patients. puffin11k / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. — puffin11k / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — photographie du 20 avril 2011, sans modification.

The association targets around 90 children and young adults with cleft lip or palate. Assessments are scheduled for 30 October, surgery for 31 October–3 November and postoperative checks for 4 November.

Volunteers support the programme alongside the Health Ministry and territorial health group. The target is not a verified count of patients operated on.

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