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Jordanian Health Minister Nazir Obeidat announced that he tendered his resignation after the death of six people at the Al-Salt Government Hospital in northwest Amman due to an hour-long oxygen interruption, and considered that those responsible should accountable and that he has moral responsibility. The Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, went to the hospital and the official channel Al-Mamlaka said that he had asked the hospital director to submit his resignation.
Lack of oxygen at the Salt Governmental Hospital in northwest Amman resulted in the death of six injured patients. CoronavirusAs announced by Jordan’s Minister of Health, Nazir Obaidat, who He left.
Obeidat told reporters at Salt Hospital (30 km northwest of Amman) that “between 6:00 and 7:00 in the morning (Saturday) there was a lack of oxygen in this hospital for about an hour, and this may have resulted in the death of six people. “An investigation is being carried out to ensure that lack of oxygen is the reason that caused the death of these six people,” he added.
He added: “Every disadvantaged person must be held accountable, and I, as the Minister of Health, have full moral responsibility in this regard, and submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister, and until now I have not been informed whether my resignation is accepted.
Obeidat confirmed: “Today, the hospital was secured with oxygen in the correct way.” Police forces deployed in the vicinity of Al-Salt Hospital to remove the angry relatives of the deceased.
Obeidat assumed his position as head of the Ministry of Health last October, and before that he held the position of President of the Epidemiology Committee in charge of monitoring the developments of the Corona virus.
“The prime minister (is) who asked the health minister to submit his resignation,” Government Media Affairs Minister Sakher Dudin told Jordan News Agency (Petra). The Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, arrived at the hospital, according to scenes broadcast by the official channel “Al-Mamlaka”, which said that he had asked the director of the hospital to resign.
The Council of Ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss developments in the accident, while the House of Representatives will also hold an emergency session on Sunday to discuss the incident.
Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh had called for an “immediate investigation into the accident”, stressing the need for “all those responsible, if proven, to bear the consequences in accordance with the provisions of the law.”
The head of the Public Ministry, Judge Youssef Dhiabat, told the official channel Al-Mamlaka, that “three prosecutors have initiated investigation procedures to find out all the circumstances of the accident.” According to a medical source, “the deceased are four men and two women,” noting that “the hospital cares for about 150 patients from Corona.”
For weeks, Jordan has witnessed an increase in daily infections with the coronavirus, and on Friday the numbers reached 55 deaths and 7,705 new infections, bringing the total to 464,856 cases and 5,224 deaths.
On Wednesday, the government decided to increase the night curfew hours, ban the celebration of Friday prayers and Sunday Masses, and close public parks, nightclubs and sports centers. On Tuesday he announced the suspension of face-to-face education at all educational levels in schools and universities. Last week, authorities reimposed curfews on Fridays.
France 24 / AFP / Reuters
