Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour Tuesday praised the efforts of Doctors Without Borders for its services to Syrian refugees and pledged support to the humanitarian medical aid organisation.

The premier told International President of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Joanne Liu and an accompanying delegation that Jordan looked forward to expanding the work of their organisation to encompass all areas of the Kingdom, where the refugees live and provide vaccines to them.

He pledged to remove any hindrances to the organisation's activities and provide it with the necessary facilities for the treatment of injured people and those affected by the conflicts in the region, particularly the displaced Syrians.

Ensour also briefed the MSF chief and members on the pressure imposed by the Syrian refugee crisis on Jordan, particularly in the health sector pointing to the immense strain on hospitals, clinics and medicines.

Liu gave a briefing on the services and activities the MSF carries out in Jordan through the Muwasat Hospital in Amman, the Irbid Specialist Hospital for maternity and neonatal cases and Ramtha Government Hospital for the treatment of the injured in Syria. She commended the Jordanian government for the facilities provided to the MSF in the medical field.

Marc Schakal, MSF head of mission in Jordan and Iraq, said the organisation relies largely on the expertise of Jordanian medical and nursing teams, as most of its workforce, numbering 560 doctors, nurses and administrative staff, are Jordanian. He noted that MSF had signed an agreement with the Jordan Medical Association allowing a number of non-Jordanians to work with the international aid organisation.

Shakal said the MSF's Jordan budget amounts to about JD30 million in 2016, which will be used to buy medicines and provide the necessary health services, including surgeries, and to pay for hospital leases. He also said the MSF mission offers medicine and medical appliances via Jordan to southern Syria and provides aid to about 14 hospitals there.