King Abdullah II of Jordan |
The announcement was made by its Secretary-General Zurab
Pololikashvili during the opening of the UNWTO Medical and Hospital Tourism
Conference at the Dead Sea, according to a statement by the Jordan Tourism
Board.
Jordan’s Tourism Minister Makram Qaisi said that the
announcement is a source of pride through recognizing the status of the kingdom
on the map of the region and the world.
Jordan has received nearly one million patients from 71
countries over the past five years, the minister noted, adding highly qualified
medical and pharmaceutical workers as well as affordable services are among
Jordan’s advantages.
He said the number of physicians working in Jordan is
30,000, and with 26.6 doctors per 10,000 people in 2021, it has the highly
doctors-to-population ratio worldwide, exceeding the global average of 17.2
doctors per 10,000 people.
Meanwhile, the nurses-to-population ratio stood at about
35.2 per 10,000 in the same year, outperforming the global average of 28.7 per
10,000 people, he added.
What’s more, the kingdom is rich in medical resorts, such as
the Dead Sea, Maen, Himmeh, and Wadi Rum, in addition to the availability of
modern medical devices and equipment at radiology centers, laboratories,
oncology centers, nuclear medicine and others, he added.
For his part, Jordan’s Health Minister Firas Hawari said
that health care and medical tourism are among the priorities of economic
growth in Jordan.