AMMAN —
The
Ministry of Health announced on Monday that lung function testing
laboratories have recently opened in a number of hospitals across the Kingdom,
primarily serving cystic fibrosis patients, according to the Jordan News
Agency, Petra.
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The laboratories, which are critical for the early
diagnosis and treatment of the disease, were inaugurated at Princess Rahma
Hospital, Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Prince Hamza Hospital, Al-Bashir
Hospital, and Karak Hospital.
Health Minister
Feras Al-Hawari presided over a
ceremony, which celebrated the graduation of health professionals who underwent
training on lung function testing equipment.
The training was made available through partnership
between the ministry and the US Agency for International Development-funded
Quality Health Care project (USAID).
During the ceremony, which was attended by the
deputy director of USAID in Jordan, Hawari pledged that the ministry will spare
no effort to provide the necessary drugs and modern lab solutions to diagnose
cystic fibrosis and its genetic mutations through collaboration with
international healthcare facilities.
He said that 24 ministry technicians were trained on
the operation and the use of new pulmonary testing equipment, which can also
perform endobronchial resistance assays on children under the age of six.
The ministry also
put in place treatment protocols to ensure equal services for patients in all
centers, Hawari said. He said that national and technical committees were set
up to monitor cystic fibrosis cases.
The national committee, he added, has already begun
prepping a record to count cystic fibrosis cases, where they live and receive
treatment, and the type of treatment they undergo.
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