Medical exemptions for non-insured families reach over JD126m

AMMAN — Health Minister Mahmoud Sheyyab said that the value of medical exemptions for the first half of the year has reached around JD126.264 million, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Sunday.

Sheyyab told Petra that the medical exemptions are given to Jordanian patients who are not provided with medical insurance by the Royal Court and the Prime Ministry, depending on the diseases and cases and based on medical reports that are received from specialised doctors.

The minister noted that during the first-half of the current year, almost 75,000 exemptions were offered in the Kingdom’s hospitals according to the medical condition, and that medical services were also provided in the sectors where treatment is referred. He also noted that the exemptions were given to treat cardio, kidney and neurological diseases.