AMMAN — A number of
patients of health centers in Southern Shouneh have complained of insufficient
medical and administrative staff to effectively serve the number of patients
they receive.
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"There is a shortage
of employees, which prevents us from taking time off, and some employees move
to other departments to fill the shortfall,” one health center employee told
Jordan News.
Azab Suleiman, a patient
who used to regularly visit the health center in the Jordan Valley town, 35km
from Amman, said that the quality of service is good but that the number of
staff is insufficient, adding that “this is the nearest center and it is far
from my home.”
Another patient and a
frequenter of Al-Karama Health Center, Noor Al-Manaseer, said that "there
is a poor level of service, which often keeps patients waiting for a long time,
and it may lead to viral infections.”
"The presence of the
COVID-19
vaccination center at one of the health centers disrupts our work and
puts pressure on workflow, especially since we have noticed a great demand from
citizens to take the vaccine, which is a good sign,” a Southern Shouneh health
worker said.
Director of the Balqa Health
Directorate Saeb Abu Aboud told
Jordan News that “there are 12 health centers
in Southern Shouneh District, which have 12 doctors.”
He stressed that the
health staff has been exhausted for a year and a half because of the pandemic,
and the governor office was continuously trying to maintain health services at
the required level.
"The burden on the
staff is to balance between providing suitable health services and combating
the pandemic,” the director added.
Abu Aboud pointed out the
health centers in Southern Shouneh serve a population of 40,000–50,000 people.
The ratio of doctors to each 1,000 people in Jordan in 2017 was 2.3.
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