AMMAN — Lower House held its 18th oversight session on
Monday, during which ministers responded to 13 questions raised by MPs.
MP Muhammad Al-Shatnawi raised the issue of Ramtha’s King
Abdullah University Hospital, which he noted is facing a serious financial
strain, with a deficit between JD80 million and JD100 million. He further urged
the government to pay at least a portion of the huge amount as soon as possible
because the hospital is in a “state of suffering”.
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MP Aref Al-Saidah decided to postpone the discussion of
his question, upon a request from the government, regarding corruption cases
referred to the judiciary in 2020, the response to which was four cases, from
which a total amount of JD887,185 was recovered.
MP Al-Armouti directed his query to the
Minister of Awqafand Islamic Affairs, regarding why the ministry have not been following up on
the appointment of Sharia graduates in since 2017.
In response, the Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
Muhammad Al-Khalayleh said that 72 imams have been employed through Civil
Service Bureau since 2017, noting that there is a problem in finding employment
for people in various sectors during the pandemic, and that once sectors begin
reopening, there will be many vacancies filled by these graduates.
For his part, MP Farid Haddad also raised questions to
the Ministry of Health about the reason for the cancellation of Prince Hamzah
Hospital’s accreditation as a teaching hospital for the Hashemite University’s
Faculty of Medicine, as well as the steps and precautionary measures taken by
the Ministry in hospitals following the tragedy at Salt Public Hospital, in
which seven
COVID-19 patients died due to an oxygen outage.
In response, the Minister of Health stated that there
certain measures and procedures have been taken by the ministry to prevent such
tragedies, noting that the ministry will share these measures with the Deputy.
Meanwhile, Deputy Abdulkarim Al-Dughmi criticized the
government’s move of purchasing water from Israel, “instead of buying water
from an Arab country.”
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