Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Ramtha Government Hospital received around 25,000 emergency cases of war wounded Syrian refugees in 2013 who were transported across the Jordanian-Syrian border.

Director of the hospital Dr. Yousef Tahat told Petra that around 7,000 war wounded Syrian refugees were admitted to the state-run hospital while 18,000 such patients were referred to other hospitals in the Kingdom.

Various branches in the hospital received thousands of patients afflicted with different health conditions, including chronic and serious diseases, thus burdening most facilities in the hospital, Tahat added.

Tahat highlighted the importance of the cooperation agreement signed by the Ministry of Health and Doctors Without Borders to prepare certain sections of the hospital for receiving the wounded and sick Syrians.

Under the agreement, the hospital has provided MSF personnel with a two-storey building that has an area of 300 square meters and equipped with 20 beds. The premises is also equipped with necessary medical supplies, laboratories as well as two surgical operation theatres and a part of the emergency department at the hospital.

The Ramtha state-run hospital is located in the northern border city of Ramtha, and is built over 12,000 square meters with a capacity of 110 beds. It also has X-ray units, emergency rooms, outpatient clinics, labs, maternity and paediatric sections.

*Petra