Jordan announced regional destination for health tourism-Qaisi
World Tourism Organization (WTO) approved Jordan as a regional center and destination for medical and hospital tourism in the Middle East region, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Makram Qaisi, announced. The announcement was made at the inauguration of the 49th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Middle East on Thursday, in the Dead Sea region, in the presence of the organization’ president, Zurab Pololikashvili. During the opening ceremony, Qaisi said Jordan’s achievement is a “certificate of pride and a medal”, in recognition of the Kingdom’s “solid” position on the map of the region and the world, lauding WTO’s efforts. Qaisi reviewed privileges that contributed to Jordan’s accreditation as a regional destination for medical tourism, primarily availability of “highly” qualified workers in the specialties of medicine, nursing and pharmacy. He also noted number of Jordan’s physicians stood at some 30,000 with “distinguished” academic education and training from the “best” universities, hospitals and international centers. Qaisi said the Kingdom has the world’s “highest” rate of physicians per capita, which reached about 26.6 medical doctors per 10,000 people in 2021, and this percentage exceeds the global average of 17.2 doctors per 10,000 individuals. He added that this fact also applies to the nursing staff, as the number of nurses was about 35.2 per 10,000 people in Jordan in 2021, which is “significantly higher” than the global average of 28.7 per 10,000 individuals. Highlighting Jordan’s “distinguished” infrastructure, he noted : “The Kingdom has an advanced medical infrastructure, including hospitals and specialized medical centers, that operate according to the highest international standards and enjoy international accreditation.” Jordan, he said, is “distinguished” by providing “low cost” medical treatment compared to multiple countries in the world, and excels in its quality services, adding that its health insurance systems are run according to the best professional standards and its “strict” means of monitoring seek to maintain level of medical care for tourists.
Source: Jordan News Agency