A Moroccan medical team has wan the medical emergency contest Euro SimCup yesterday October 14 after they beat France in the finals.

A Moroccan team comprised of 4 young medical students won the current year’s Euro SimCup organized by Eusem Congress 2019 in Prague. The Competition consists of medical simulations and the teams “deal with various emergency clinical situations including adult and/or pediatric scenarios and trauma”.

The Moroccan team is both the youngest and the one constituted exclusively of medical students from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Oujda and not practicing professionals. They are Omaima Demnati, Fatima Amkhaou, Idriss Benali and Amine Adriouche.

The jury is comprised of four members, Pier INGRASSIA from Italy, Felix LORANG from Germany, Alessandro COSTA from Italy, Djan MESELI from Ireland and Mohamed MOUHAOUI from Marocco

The Moroccan team came first in the first round of the competition. In the second round they beat the British team and defeated the French team in the final round.

It is worthy to note that the Moroccan team did not have financial support from their university and had to cover the expenses on their own. Also, the they came out victorious from the competition despite the fact that it was in English.