AMMAN — During a
parliamentary Health and Environment Committee meeting Tuesday, the head of the committee, MP Firas
Al-Qudah, discussed the severe shortage of medicines in government hospitals in
Jordan.
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The meeting was attended by the
Minister of Health Firas Al-Hawari, and the two undersecretaries of the ministry for
epidemic and communicable diseases, Raed Al-Shboul, and for technical and
administrative affairs, Elham Khreisat, as well as a number of doctors.
According to Jo24, the meeting addressed
several topics related to the
health sector in Jordan, including the procedures
followed in transferring doctors in the Ministry of Health, the situation of
health centers in the Kingdom, as well as the development and updating of the
services provided by the ministry.
Calls for salary list and construction of
hospitalsVarious MPs called for the release of the
doctors' salaries list and emphasized the importance of solving the
problem of the shortage of medicines in government hospitals and health centers.
They also called for the construction of
hospitals in various governorates to alleviate the pressure on citizens and
promote medical tourism in the Kingdom.
Hospital development plansHawari provided updates on the development
plans for hospitals in Jordan.
Al-Aqaba Hospital will be converted into a
hospital for children and kidney dialysis. Additionally, an agreement was
signed between the ministry and the
Royal Medical Services to perform
catheterization operations at Al-Karak Governmental Hospital.
He added that plans are underway to update
Ajloun Hospital to provide its services to the northern region, and a hospital
in Irbid with a capacity of 550 beds, which could reach 650 beds, will be built
to specialize in catheterization, tumors, and other diseases.
Minister denies rumorsHawari denied rumors about the bankruptcy
of the
Health Insurance Fund and emphasized that the services provided by the
health sector in the Kingdom are stronger and better than before, during, and
after the coronavirus pandemic.
He also discussed the importance of
promoting medical tourism in the Kingdom and the three conferences held to
encourage it.
Shortage of medicines in hospitalsRegarding the shortage of medicines in
hospitals, Hawari attributed the delay in settling accounts with drug
warehouses and companies as a reason for the shortage.
If medicines are not available in hospitals
or centers, he said, prescriptions can be stamped to be dispensed from private
pharmacies based on health insurance.
A smartphone application is also available
to
deliver medicines to sick citizens for JD2.
Hawari highlighted that the restructuring
of the ministry achieved a saving of JD2.26 million, which had a positive
impact on the services provided by the ministry to citizens.
He also emphasized that building a hospital
does not mean the closure of
King Abdullah University Hospital.
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