صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
In a new monitoring of the repercussions of the “digital tsunami” on Moroccan society, Ahmed Namita El-Bakali, head of the Digital Content Observatory, revealed a dangerous and unprecedented sociological shift affecting the health sector, stressing that hospitals and health centers in the Kingdom have begun to record a decline in the pressure of routine visits, not due to the improvement of the health offer, but rather to the reliance of a large segment of Moroccans on “smart chat” applications as an alternative medical advisor.
Al-Baqali explained that the Moroccan citizen, faced with the complexities of appointments and the costs of clinics, found in “artificial intelligence” a free and immediate refuge, as automated chat applications began to perform the tasks of initial diagnosis, reading tests, and even prescribing home treatments, which actually led to alleviating overcrowding in reception departments, but in return it poses serious legal and health problems.
The head of the Observatory considered that this development confirms his previous theory regarding the “extinction of traditional jobs” and the change in the structure of the public sector. The role of the “general medicine doctor” in simple cases is beginning to be eroded in favor of algorithms. The speaker warned that this “diarrhea” could lead to health disasters if it is not accompanied by societal awareness, stressing that artificial intelligence should be an auxiliary tool for the doctor and not a substitute for him, and that the void left by hospitals was filled by technology at a terrifying speed.
Al-Baqali concluded his statement by calling on the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to pay attention to this “silent competitor,” and to work immediately to integrate artificial intelligence into the health system in a regulated manner, to ensure that reducing pressure on hospitals is a positive factor in improving services, and not an indicator of Moroccans’ reluctance to seek scientific medicine and their resort to “digital prescriptions.”
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