Health minister meets with directors of private hospitals

AMMAN— Health Minister Mahmoud Sheyyab on Sunday met with the directors of private hospitals from the Private Hospitals Association (PHA), the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

During the meeting, Sheyyab said that the private hospitals’ sector is crucial to the national economy and voiced the ministry’s keenness to support the sector and help assess its challenges, according to a PHA statement.

The minister stressed that supporting the private hospitals sector is one of the government’s top priorities, highlighting the importance of cooperation between the private and public sectors to best serve the public interest.

He noted the efforts exerted to provide quality health services to Jordanian patients while enhancing Jordan’s position as a destination for medical tourism. For his part, PHA President Fawzi Hammouri outlined the importance of cooperation between both sectors, praising the government’s response towards some of the PHA’s requests.