Three people arrested for assaulting two doctors at Al-Bashir Hospital

Jordan

Published: 2019-04-01 14:06

Last Updated: 2024-04-15 17:37


Three people arrested for assaulting two doctors at Al-Bashir Hospital
Three people arrested for assaulting two doctors at Al-Bashir Hospital

Amman Prosecutor General Ahmed Al-Afif issued on Sunday, March 31, 2019, a decision to arrest three people who have assaulted two doctors at Al-Bashir Hospital.

Al-Afif decided to arrest the three men for a week after they caused serious physical and material damage.

Director General of the Hospital, Mahmoud Zreikat stated that three members accompanying a patient in the Emergency Department (ER) have beat two doctors causing them bodily harm in the chest and upper and lower limbs, in addition to causing material damage to medical equipment and breaking a valuable medical device in the Surgical Department.

The two doctors were brought to the Surgical Department and obtained medical reports and the aggressors were seized by the public security officers.

The Hospital's administration submitted a complaint to the Amman prosecutor and another complaint to the governor of Amman demanding them to take legal action against the three aggressors and to give the Hospital's administration a damage allowance estimated at JDs 5000.