‘Gov’t to cover remaining cost of MP’s treatment’

AMMAN — The government has pledged to cover the cost of the remaining treatment of MP Mariam Lozi (Amman, 5th District), according to her colleague Mahmoud Kharabsheh.

During Tuesday’s Lower House session, MP Kharabsheh (Balqa, 1st District) said the parliamentary committee following up on the issue has met with Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, who pledged to cover the remainder of the cost of Lozi’s treatment. 

House Speaker Atef Tarawneh pointed out that His Majesty King Abdullah has directed the government to cover the cost.

For her part, Lozi said she is now suffering as the result of some “medical errors” which are “threatening her life”. 

She also said that the government has only paid JD44,000 of her treatment bill, which has reached around JD1 million. 

In October 2013, Lozi left for the US for treatment. 

In a letter she sent to the House in June 2014, the lawmaker said the cost of the medical treatment and the surgery she had undergone reached JD800,000. 

In the letter, a copy of which was seen by The Jordan Times, Lozi said that her son-in-law, who has been living in the US for more than 20 years, had to sell some property to pay the hospital. 

At the time, Lozi said she received JD34,000 from the government, adding that the hospital where she had the surgery has agreed to receive monthly instalments.