Medical Tourism Jordan – Country Overview

First, let me announce that Patients Crossing Oceans surpassed the 1,000 visitor mark this past Friday. PCO went live on WordPress.com on March 15th 2010. Thank you for your loyal support everyone, I am honored.

Next, based on the questionnaire answers that I got via email and a few comments posted on the site regarding the frequency of the Blog, I think the message that I got from you is that shorter posts and less publishing would be preferred for better following and time management. 

So this week, I will only post 3 articles, this one (Monday), one on Wednesday and one on Friday. Next week, we will alternate and go Fri, Sat and Sun. I will test this cycle for a couple of weeks and ask for your feedback soon.

 But as for this week, we visit our 3rd country after touring Singapore and Costa Rica.

Welcome to the Kingdome of Jordan

مرحبا بكم في المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية

Number of JCI-Accredited Hospitals: 6

Focus on these Hospitals in upcoming posts.

Al – Essra Hospital

• Amman, Jordan
• First Accredited:  29 May 2008

Jordan Hospital & Medical Center

• Amman, Jordan
• First Accredited:  1 June 2007

Jordan University Hospital

• Amman, Jordan
• First Accredited:  2 April 2010

King Abdullah University Hospital

• Ibid, Jordan
• First Accredited:  5 November 2009

King Hussein Cancer Center

• Amman , Jordan
• First Accredited:  23 February 2006
• Re-accredited:  5 March 2009
  
  Program: DCSC – Oncology Program
  First Certified: 28 December 2007

The Specialty Hospital

• Amman, Jordan
• First Accredited:  10 April 2008

 A few things to know about Jordan:

• Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Language: Arabic, English used widely for Business & Trade, some Russian
• Capital: Amman since 1921
• Government: Constitutional Monarchy
• Area: over 92,000 sq Km or about 36,000 sq mi
• Population: roughly 6.3M
• Currency: Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
• Time Zone: UTC +2
• Driving: On the right
• Calling Code: 962
• Ancient historic site: Kingdom of Petra
• Borders: Syria to the north
• Borders: Iraq to the north east
• Borders: Saudi Arabia to the east + south
• Borders: Israel and the west bank to the west
• Coastline: About 26 km (16mi)
• Highest point: Jabal Umm al Dami at 1,854 m or 6,083 ft
• Major cities: Amman, Irbid, Jerash, Madaba, Karak, Zarka, Aqaba
• Climate: Semi-Dry – average mid 30’s C or mid 90’s F
• Winters: Averaging about 13 degrees C or 55 degrees F – January coldest month
• Ethnicity: roughly 95% are Arabs
• Religion: 92% Sunni Muslims 6% Christian
• Famous Mosque: Abu Darweesh in Amman
• Natural Resources: Oil Shale, uranium, natural gas
• Water: No direct access to water
• Airports: Queen Alia Intl, King Hussein Intl, Marka Intl
• Railroad: North-South line > connections to Syria and Saudi Arabia
• Railroad: East-West line > connections to Iraq and possibly Israel
• Currency: 1 US Dollar = 0.709 dinar

Talk to you on Wednesday then,

AE