After a traffic accident Sarah Abdullah lived through a difficult time accessing the necessary medical care at Al Nadim hospital in the governorate of Madaba south of the capital Amman, the largest in the area.
Her mother, who went with her to the hospital explained that upon Sarah’s arrival to the hospital no specialised physician was available to deal with her case, which exacerbated her daughter’s suffering.
The mother says that hospital emergency staff have failed to page the doctor, prompting a family member to call the doctor directly. After assessing Sarah’s condition, the doctor told the family, “I advise you to get her out of this hospital” for lack of a specialist who could deal with her injuries recommending that she get transferred to the capital to receive the necessary emergency care.
This data-driven investigation reveals an alarming decline in healthcare services at Al-Nadim Hospital in Madaba Governorate that was established in the eighties, before becoming a state owned hospital in 1995.
The hospital occupies an area of around 13 dunums, with a capacity of 121 beds, and the building has four floors including the basement and the ground floor. Before adding the 3,100 square-metre expansion, the old building occupied an area of 6,913 square metres.
