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Home nursing care in Marrakech: full guide
Read: 7 minUpdated: 2026-07-02
In short
Home nursing care in Marrakech means procedures carried out by a state-certified nurse right at your home: injections, infusions, dressings, post-operative care, catheterisation, monitoring of vital signs and administration of treatments. In Marrakech, SAMU Marrakech deploys multilingual certified nurses (French, Arabic, English) at home, at a Medina riad, a hotel or a Palmeraie villa, 24/7, on medical prescription when the procedure requires it.
What home nursing care can you receive in Marrakech
A state-certified nurse can perform a wide range of procedures at home. The most common are injections (intramuscular, subcutaneous, anticoagulants), infusions and rehydration, redoing simple or complex dressings, post-operative care (scar monitoring, removal of stitches or staples), urinary catheterisation, stoma care, monitoring of vital signs (blood pressure, glucose, oxygen saturation) and administration of prescribed treatments. The nurse also provides patient and family education: how to take a treatment, monitor a wound, or recognise a warning sign. These services are detailed on our home nurse page. Some procedures require a medical prescription; if you don’t have one, we coordinate a visit from a home doctor.
Nursing care at the riad and hotel: our specialty in Marrakech
Marrakech welcomes travellers from all over the world, and a need for care can arise mid-stay. Our nurses come straight to your hotel, Medina riad or Palmeraie villa, with no need for you to travel. This is especially useful for a convalescing traveller, someone on a daily injectable treatment, or a patient who came to Marrakech for medical tourism and needs follow-up after a procedure. Medina access takes experience: give the derb, the riad name and a nearby landmark so the nurse can reach you quickly. Our teams are multilingual and hand over reports in French and English, ready to send to your doctor back home.
Who can benefit from home nursing care
Home care is primarily for people for whom travelling is difficult: elderly people with reduced mobility, bedridden patients, patients in recovery after an operation, or people with chronic conditions (diabetes, heart failure) needing regular follow-up. It also suits families who want to avoid back-and-forth trips to the clinic for a simple injection, and tourists and expats who prefer to be treated on the spot. For patients needing prolonged non-medical presence, we also offer in-home patient care. The choice between nursing care and companionship depends on the procedure required: our team guides you during the call.
How a home nursing visit works
It all starts with a call: describe the need (injection, dressing, infusion…), the address and any prescription. We schedule the visit at a time that suits you and send a certified nurse with the right equipment. On site, the nurse checks identity and prescription, performs the procedure under strict hygiene and asepsis rules, then monitors how well the care is tolerated. Every visit is documented and the nurse explains what comes next (further visits, signs to watch). For regular follow-up — daily dressings, a course of injections — we set up a coordinated schedule to ensure continuity of care, with the option to add an at-home blood test if biological monitoring is needed.
Frequently asked questions
At home, a certified nurse can perform injections, infusions, simple or complex dressings, post-operative care, catheterisation, stoma care, monitoring of vital signs and administration of prescribed treatments. Some procedures require a medical prescription, which we can have issued by a home doctor if needed.