King checks progress on Ghor Al Safi initiatives.

From: Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) | Date: December 11, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Linda Hindi

Dec. 11--GHOR AL SAFI -- His Majesty King Abdullah's follow-up visit to check on conditions at Ghor Al Safi Hospital on Sunday was made all the more poignant when earlier in the day, 22 people were admitted to the emergency room suffering injuries sustained in a road accident.

The area's sole hospital could not receive this number of emergency patients until early last month when major renovation and expansion of the hospital wards were completed. "Previously major traffic injuries were sent to the Karak Hospital, nearly an hour's drive away, ...

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