Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra) – President of Private Hospitals’ Association Fawzi Hammouri said the private sector's investments in the hospital sector in Jordan stand at JD2 billion.

He said in a press statement that Jordan was one of the leading countries in terms of investments in the private health sector compared to its population, noting that 65 percent of the hospitals in the Kingdom were run privately with investments standing at JD2 billion.

"These hospitals employ more than 35,000 people directly and more than 60,000 indirectly, Hammouri added, crediting such achievement to the attractive investment climate and facilities offered by the Jordan Investment Board to the investors.

He said that Jordan ranked first in the region in terms of medical tourism as 250,000 patients visited the Kingdom for treatment in 2012, accompanied by 400,000 attendants.