This might sound like deja vu, but this is Jordan and that feeling is consistent with our inability to solve the same problems. So, by now, everyone (specifically on the Jordanian blogosphere) is aware of blogger Who Sane’s dilemma last September when his father went missing for several days before being discovered at the Prince Hamzah Hospital, whose administration had refuted the family’s inquiries as to whether he was in fact admitted there. The case left an impressionable presence on both the blogosphere, which rallied to the fellow blogger’s side and helped push the story in to the mainstream media that eventually lead to something being done about it. Of course, upon the government’s involvement, the standard apologies were issued and the usual promises were made.
So today I read on AmmonNews that a similar story took place very recently. An elderly man who had some sort of heart problem I believe (according to people I’ve asked) had an attack that lead him to be hospitalized in the Prince Hamzah Hospital. The administration, improving on its legacy of ignorance and denials, actually called his family to inform them of what was happening. However his family, upon arriving, discovered only their patriarch’s cane and his cell phone, with him being no where to be found. The hospital administration ensured them that they had run all the necessary tests and that he must’ve checked himself out as they had checked every room in the place to make sure he wasn’t still there.
This of course caused a great deal of concern as the 78 year old man wasn’t in any condition to be walking any type of long distance.
So the family informed the authorities and a search began outside the hospital.
Lo and behold they discovered the man’s body in the hospital’s X-ray room. He had been missing/dead since Tuesday.
These incidents only further call in to question the country’s ability to fix mistakes the first time around. In this sense, deja vu may actually have a scientific explanation: it may just be our inability to make things right the first time around.
I think the repetition alone demands the Ministry of Health to really scrutinize the operations of the hospital, perhaps a complete overhaul of the administration and the system is required.
Otherwise, someone should really sue them.
I just read the report on ammon and here is my suggestion: tear everything down and start from scratch, including the staff! This is just plain ignorance and retardation! But I gues they knew that there will be no such thing as accountability since the previous hospital manager who got fired is now the manager of bahsir hospital..Go figure!
How sad! i think this hospital should be closed down!! maybe another day for the jordan bloggers to come together and expose this hospital and its administration!
OMG, this is crazy! and for such a tragedy to repeat itself in even a more horrible way, I vote for closing the hospital!
F&%K THOSE RETARDS!!! F&%K THOSE WHO APPOINT THEM!!! F&%K THOSE WHO NEVER LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES!!! THEY ARE F&%KING THE POOR JORDANIANS IN BOARD DAY LIGHT!!! FOR EVERY STORY WE HEAR ABOUT, DOZENS GO UNREPORTED. TIME TO TURN HAMZA HOSPITAL INTO A ZOO WITH THE DOCTORS AND NURSES IN THE CAGES. FU#&%G ANIMALS.
IT’S TIME FOR AN IQ TEST FOR ALL HAMZAH HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES. A SCORE OF 80 SHOULD BE REQUIRED AS MINIMUM.
Oh and by the way while I was in jordan las year,
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This is horrible!!
It was horrible the first time, having it repeated is INSANE!
Apparently the incompetency doesn’t stop with firing the top Management of the Hospital (which should pick up and leave on their own if they had any dignity) but the liability should extend to everyone who came in touch with the man and left him to die alone in a dark xray room.
Have you been to an xray room? It’s dark and cold …
What a horrible way to die .. Something that might have been prevented if someone just paid a little bit more attention to their job and didn’t let people die on their watch!
This is murder!
But even if someone is held accountable, will it be just a scape goat? I mean, someone at a low level gets fired but al kibaar are not affected at all. I hope we can see some true justice, not out of anger but out of a sense of responsibility and respect for the country.
I second Qweider. this is criminal negligence . it should be tried as such or the public confidence will never ever be regained in the justice system. there is a culture of murderous incompetence and an utter lack of respect for human life the Hamza hospital.
If anyone has contacts with the royal family they should seriously consider changing the hospital name to something like Friday The 13th Hospital or Nightmare on Jordan Street Hospital. I would not want my name on such a slaughter house even if they pay me.
I can imagine the sort of conversations the criminally incompetent staff at Hamza Hospital is having: “what a stupid old man. he kills himself and we are to blame.” or something like “why are they upset? it’s better for his family that he is dead.” possible even someone saying “he deserves it. why did he go out of his room.” of course we may never know why the poor old man did leave the hospital room. or was there foul play. was he killed with the wrong treatment then someone pretended he was lost in the hospital to cover their track. there has to be an autopsy done on the poor man.
As for the staff responsible and those who hired them and those who were their wasta, I say let the government Hang’em High. But wait. it’s the government who is responsible for this criminal corruption. This is a vicious cycle. BE AFRAID! BE VERY AFRAID!
Hala 3ammai.
I can’t believe this level of incompetence. I don’t know why I can’t believe it, but it just seems TOO bad to be true, even for Jordan.
Too sad.
the problem is not just the staff, its el ma7soobeyyeh in jordan, those employees are all assigned by their relatives! this is not gonna stop until, dare I say, we stop using it ourselves? listen to me guys, im not joking, i have used ma7soobeyeh for my purpose many times, and my parents use it all the time, u might argue that its good to use resources to help you, ya sure, as long as ur not taking somebody elses turn, ya sure-ein, but guys, this is unstoppable, we cant rely on our inner intentions to control the benefit, if ur doing it for the right reason, ur giving a 100 other an excuse to use it for the wrong reasons, so i say we stop, no matter how painful, to ever taking up ma7soobyeh to our side, at least until we remvoe the plaque
otherwise, everytime you use some relative’s help, expect it to come back at ya and bite u in the ass
I was on T.V with dad the other day , While a interview came up for the minister of health , He was claiming the whole interview that everything is just perfect , Well guess what minister , Seems there is a lot of crap happening under your nose while you don’t even know about it.
Damn this is sick!
I was also thinking that Prince Hamzah should get on down there and see what is going on under his name! Maybe he should then consider changing the name if he can’t help them fix things. How embarassing and sad. God forgive the soul of that man who died in the x-ray, inshAllah he will get his revenge and justice on the Day of Judgment. God protect those who have to use government facilities for their medical care. So sad.
It really is unacceptable, what makes them that they can and will get away with it?
They should close it down already!
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Nas,,Why did you delete my comment?
Sorry Nas I rushed to judgement without checking ,please except my apology
this isn’t a medical mistake, it’s criminal. IT’s hiding the body of a dead person, whether it was intentional or not
What is frightening is King Abdullah’s cavalier way of stripping HRH Prince Hamzah of the title of Crown Prince in 2004, in complete disregard of the wishes of his father, His Majesty King Hussein. The only reason Abdullah is king is that Prince Hamzah had not finished his education at the time of King Hussein’s death. If I were Hamzah I would be done with Jordan as the King cannot be trusted as far as one can throw him. It’s no surprise that public services are in chaos.
[Quote]What is frightening is King Abdullah’s cavalier way of stripping HRH Prince Hamzah of the title of Crown Prince in 2004, in complete disregard of the wishes of his father, His Majesty King Hussein. The only reason Abdullah is king is that Prince Hamzah had not finished his education at the time of King Hussein’s death. If I were Hamzah I would be done with Jordan as the King cannot be trusted as far as one can throw him. It’s no surprise that public services are in chaos.
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I’m going to say this even though I’m not from Jordan. Perhaps Abdullah felt he owed his father nothing in return to the promise. Let me put it to you this way When Abdullah was born he was legally according to the Constitution Crown Prince. Now one could say that yes the after the assination attempt, making Hassan Crown Prince made sense. When Abdullah got older, the title and right to the thrown, should have been given back to him. IT WAS HIS BIRTH RIGHT.
Hussein cruelly put aside Abdullah’s own mother… Then threw Abdullah aside first for the son of new wife Alia, than for the son of the new wife Noor? And they say Hussein wanted Hamzah since he was born.
Is it fair or right that a son should lose his birthright because said father divorced his mother? Let’s talk too about the intrique that happens and the putting brothers against each other that happens when you don’t have a clear path way to the throne.
Going back to the old Constitution and just letting the eldest succeed is the right thing to do.