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Apr. 7, 2021 10:45 PM
After two days, what looked like a hurricane that threatened the royal court dissipated into a stiff wind that doesn’t seem to have caused significant damage. After King Abdullah’s half-brother, Prince Hamzah, was suspected of planning a coup, the king got his uncle, Prince Hassan, to act as a mediator. Hamzah signed an oath of allegiance.
Meanwhile, the Saudi foreign minister rushed to Amman to express his country’s unreserved support for Jordan. The United States also showed its support, and life has returned to normal.
But it’s actually the normal that threatens the Hashemite Kingdom. Two weeks ago there were demonstrations in Amman and other cities following the deaths of at least six people at a government hospital. They died because oxygen supplies were low.
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Seven COVID-19 patients die in Jordan after hospital runs out of oxygen
Relatives, along with protesters, gathered outside the hospital, which necessitated King Abdullah to intervene in order to diffuse the crowd.
March 16, 2021 10:29 GMT
In a sad turn of events, seven people died of COVID-19 in a hospital in Jordan due to lack of oxygen when supply ran out. The hospital where the patients were admitted is located approximately 13 miles north of Amman, the capital of Jordan.
The Jordanian health minister got fired due to the incident. It also led to protests across the country.
New York Post reported that the hospital, located in the town of Salt had no oxygen for two hours. People tried to help by bringing in portable devices. Amid the confusion, the hospital started losing patients at the COVID-19 ward.