AMMAN — The
Economic and Social Council Tuesday tackled the section of its “State of the Country Report”
pertaining to the Jordanian health sector, as part of a series of discussion
that brings together a group of experts from the public and private sectors.
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Mitri Madanat, the council’s
secretary-general, highlighted the
health sector's challenges and achievements
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges, he indicated, include weak governance
and poor management and numerous government entities running health services
and the lack of coordination between them, in addition to weak monitoring of
the private health sector.
However, Madanat underscored the cohesion
of the Jordanian health sector in the face of the pandemic, and riding out the
first and second waves by conducting tests, providing vaccinations quickly, and
establishing field hospitals, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
For his part,
Adel Bilbeisi, health adviser
at the Prime Ministry and COVID-19 point man, pointed out two key challenges
facing the sector: a shortage of staff and the lack of a unified system of
information.
Participants in the session attributed the
problem to a "flawed" civil service system, urging a decentralized
appointment of health staff. To that end, they recommended developing a
scholarship program for Jordanian doctors to study abroad and prioritizing digitization.
Moreover, participants stressed the
importance of cooperation between universities and civil medical services with
the
public sector, activating strategies and following up and evaluating them,
conducting research, putting in place binding strategies, and increasing the
powers of hospitals' general managers.
Head of the Private Hospitals Association
Fawzi Hammouri said the fight against the pandemic has upped the partnership
between the public and private sectors, including the provision of
PCR testing,
immunization, and treatment services.
In the upcoming weeks, the council will
hold discussion sessions that bring together experts and stakeholders from the
macro economy, infrastructure, human resources,
community development, and
community development, in addition to discussing political development and the
development of the public sector.
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