Tunisia Takes a Giant Leap in Public Health with its First Digital Hospital
By Salem TRABELSI
Some decisions go beyond their technical dimension and reflect a vision. The creation of the first digital hospital in Tunisia is a prime example of such a bold and structuring reform. Thus, Tunisia is about to cross a new threshold in the field of public health: that of connected medicine, serving everyone, even in the most remote areas of the Republic.
This project, the first of its kind, is not limited to digitizing healthcare services. It carries a promise: to bring the hospital closer to citizens, abolish geographical distances and inequalities that force many patients to travel hundreds of kilometers for a consultation or diagnosis. From now on, medical examinations can be transmitted to this virtual hospital, where specialists will establish a precise diagnosis and adapted prescriptions remotely.
This is a paradigm shift, a silent revolution in a sector long plagued by administrative burdens and territorial inequalities.
But digital technology is not an end in itself here. It is a tool for social justice, a modern expression of the fundamental right to health. In the same logic, the Head of State, during his meeting with the Minister of Health, ordered the acceleration of the construction and commissioning of hospitals in several localities - Kairouan, Sbeïtla, Makthar, El Jem... These are as many centers of life called to rebalance the country's health map. The idea is clear: health is not an urban privilege, but a national right.
This vision goes even further: to refound the legal system of the medical sector, to rid it of its constraints and archaisms, in order to protect both doctors and patients.
It's an entire model that needs to be revisited, in a country whose medical skills already shine far beyond its borders.
At a time when many nations are questioning the health divide, Tunisia, strong in its youth and collective genius, chooses to innovate.
It doesn't copy: it invents. This first digital hospital, a promise of equity and modernity, is not just a technological project. It's a symbol. That of a country that, decidedly, does not know the impossible.
