It was also reported that police were deployed to hold back angry relatives.
A government spokesman said Prime Minister Bisher Al Khasawneh asked Health Minister Nathir Obeidat to resign over the accident for which Obeidat said he carried “moral responsibility”.
“Between 6 and 7 this morning, oxygen ran out for nearly an hour at the hospital (in the northwestern town of Salt) and this probably led to the deaths of six patients,” Health Minister Nazir Obeidat said.
Medical sources said the patients were three men and three women. It was also reported that three of the victims were relatives (two brothers and one sister).
Jordan's health minister was dismissed on Saturday after seven people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients, and police were deployed to hold back hundreds of angry relatives, state media and witnesses said.
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March 1, 2021 at 7:35 am | Published in: Jordan, Middle East, News
Jordanian King Abdullah II at the European Parliament in France on 15 January 2020 [FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images] March 1, 2021 at 7:35 am
Jordan s King Abdullah II yesterday accepted the resignation of the interior and justice ministers for violating coronavirus measures.
The move came after Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh asked Interior Minister Samir Al-Mobaideen and Justice Minister Bassam Al-Talhouni to resign for violating preventive measures to combat the pandemic.
Local media said the two ministers had attended a ceremony where the number of attendees exceeded the maximum number allowed under covid restrictions.
According to Jordan s Royal Court, King Abdullah assigned Local Administration Minister Tawfiq Krishan to administer the Interior Ministry and State Secretary for Legal Affairs Ahmed Ziyadat to run the Justice Ministry.