AMMAN —
Minister of health, Firas Al-Hawari, said in an
interview that the number of people visiting Jordan for
medical treatment in
the first half of 2023 reached approximately 110,000 individuals.
اضافة اعلان
In a press interview with Al-Mamlaka News, Hawari stated
that the UN World Tourism Organization designated Jordan as a regional center
and destination for medical and therapeutic tourism, which represents a
"significant achievement" for Jordan. He added that Jordan hosted
three
medical tourism conferences last year.
He said that Jordan managed to rapidly return to its proper
trajectory and achieve substantial accomplishments after
the pandemic,
achievements that many countries across the globe struggled to accomplish. He
anticipates a complete return to the pre-pandemic level of medical tourism by
the end of the current year and encourages investment in additional hospitals
that provide exceptional and advanced healthcare services.
Advances in medical services
Hawari said that the Ministry, through the
Medical Tourism Directorate, reconstituted the Supreme Committee for Medical Tourism and, in
partnership with the
Jordan Tourism Board, activated the "Salamtak"
platform for medical treatment in Jordan. There is also a team at
Queen Alia International Airport dedicated to receiving incoming patients for treatment,
visiting them at the hospitals where they are being treated, and monitoring
their progress.
Furthermore, he indicated that Jordan has bolstered the
confidence of incoming patients seeking treatment in the country, primarily
through the enactment of the "
Medical Responsibility Law," which
safeguards patients' rights in the event of medical errors. Additionally, the Ministry
offers a service to review and verify treatment invoices for arriving patients.
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