Jordan- Committee to regulate distribution of Libyan patients 

(MENAFN - Jordan Times) A committee of representatives from different branches of the health sector will be formed soon to regulate the distribution of Libyan patients to the Kingdom's hospitals, a senior government official said on Sunday.

Minister of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat said the committee will be based at Queen Alia International Airport to receive Libyan patients, conduct a preliminary diagnosis and refer them to hospitals according to the specialisations available in particular health facilities.

The decision was taken yesterday during a meeting between the National Medical Tourism Committee and the head of the Libyan Medical Committee in Amman, Ali Bin Jalil.

According to the minister, even public hospitals in the governorates will be equipped with doctors with different medical specialisations to supervise treatment of Libyans.

He added that the ministry will contract specialists from university hospitals and professors of medicine at universities.

In addition, the Jordan Medical Association will provide the Kingdom's private hospitals with a list of doctors with rare specialties who are willing to be contracted by these hospitals to treat Libyan patients.

Also yesterday, Wreikat told The Jordan Times that the Libyan ministry of health has asked for some 2,000 male Jordanian nurses to be recruited and sent to Libya to work in hospitals there.

He noted that the ministry is coordinating with the Jordan Nurses and Midwives Association (JNMA) in this regard.

JNMA President Khalid Abu Azizeh said the association is working on a mechanism to select the nurses to be recruited.

"We will send trained and experienced nurses who would also provide training for Libyan nurses," he said, noting that there are some 12,000 male nurses in Jordan with 3,000 of them still unemployed.