Amman, July 28 (Petra) — His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein
bin Abdullah II, the Regent, on Tuesday chaired a regular meeting of
the National Council for Future Technology, during which he
emphasised the importance of integrating more hospitals and health
centres into the Jordan Digital Health Centre network, accordeing to
a royal court statement.

During the meeting, attended by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, who is
chairman of the council, the Crown Prince underscored the importance
of continuing to leverage technological and technical capabilities to
improve health services, thereby helping to provide citizens with the
best possible services.

Minister of Health Ibrahim Bdour highlighted the services provided by
the Jordan Digital Health Centre since its opening a year ago, and
its progress in delivering remote care through telemedicine services
that help alleviate the burden on patients, improving healthcare
services, and boosting government hospital savings through smart
resource management of medical supplies and hospital beds.

Highlighting the centre’s advanced connectivity, Bdour said the
centre houses a dialysis unit and intensive care unit, both of which
are linked to 12 hospitals, alongside the centre’s digital radiology
unit linked to 19 hospitals, and the telemedicine unit linked to
three healthcare centres.

The minister added that the centre has delivered more than 45,000
teleradiology reports, monitored over 55,000 dialysis sessions,
supervised more than 2,000 cases in intensive care units, and
extended hundreds of specialist consultations to affiliated hospitals
and healthcare centres.

//Petra// AK