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KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - DECEMBER 23: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts graphic content) Jordanian Dr. Ghassan Al-Suwaiti, 38 years old, plastic surgery and burns specialist, performs a skin restoration operation by implanting skin grafts at the Jordanian Field Hospital for an injured Palestinian girl who suffered third-degree burns during the targeting of her home by Israeli air strikes on December 23, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The field hospital is set up to receive cases transferred from medical facilities in southern Gaza for surgical intervention, its officials reporting to have received some 15,700 cases in the past 24 days. According to the UN health agency, nine out of 36 health facilities in Gaza are partially functional as the war between Israel and Hamas continues into a tenth week. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images). Getty Images
AMMAN — Following Royal directives, the Jordanian Field Hospital in Nablus continues its vital medical and humanitarian role, providing essential healthcare services to patients in Nablus.
The hospital director said that the medical and nursing teams handle a wide range of cases, including major and minor surgeries, inpatient care, and the distribution of medications to those in need, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The director also said that the number of patients treated by the hospital staff has reached 16,696 cases, including 96 major surgeries and 84 minor surgeries,
He also noted that the total number of cases treated at the hospital, which began operations on September 22, 2023, has so far reached 139,444 cases.
The hospital force commander said that the field hospital is equipped with clinics covering various specialities, including paediatrics, gynaecology, internal medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT, dentistry, and general medicine.
The facility also includes two major operating rooms, a minor operating room, two intensive care units, an X-ray and sterilisation lab, a pharmacy, and an emergency department that operates 24/7, he added.
The people of Nablus expressed their gratitude for the continued support of Jordan and solidarity with the Palestinian people during these difficult times
The Kingdom has established two health centres in Ramallah and Jenin, serving tens of thousands of patients in the West Bank, as well as two military field hospitals in Gaza, one in the North of the strip, which was established in 2009, following the Hamas-Israel war in 2008. The second was established in Khan Younis in the south in November 2023 at the peak of the Israeli aggression on the coastal enclave that erupted on October 7.
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