Court hears from prosecution witnesses in Salt Hospital case By Rana Husseini - Apr 15,2021 - Last updated at Apr 15,2021 AMMAN — The Amman Court of First Instance on Wednesday heard the testimony of several prosecution witnesses in the case of the oxygen outage at the New Salt Public Hospital, which resulted in the death of seven patients last month. The defendants, including the hospital director and other employees, are standing trial in the case on seven counts of causing death by association and for violating articles 343 and 76 of the Penal Code. On Tuesday, the court decided to release five of the 13 defendants from custody because the law stipulates that they cannot be detained for more than one month based on the misdemeanour charges they face.