Salt hospital oxygen outage case adjourned until Thursday

  • Date: 03-May-2021
  • Source: Jordan Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Jordan
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Salt hospital oxygen outage case adjourned until Thursday

AMMAN — The Amman Court of First Instance on Sunday heard the testimony of two prosecution witness in the case of the oxygen outage at the New Salt Public Hospital that claimed the lives of seven patients in March.

The witnesses were physicians at the hospital who were on duty on the day of the incident.

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.