Libyans owe JD150 million in accumulated dues — Hospitals

empty hospital operating theater
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AMMAN — Head of the Private Hospitals Association Fawzi Al-Hammouri said that medical tourism visits from Libyans have been suspended for more than a year due to outstanding debts accumulated by the Libyan government, according to a local news outlet.اضافة اعلان

Private hospitals in Jordan are demanding around JD150 million in dues accumulated by Libyans over the past ten years, he said.

A committee from Libya visited Jordan two months ago to discuss the outstanding debts, and decided to review and audit all issued invoices so that the required amounts could be disbursed to Jordanian hospital, Hammouri said.

He confirmed that Jordan receives patients for medical tourism purposes from various countries, with the exception of Libya.


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