Wednesday, Amman's public prosecutor announced that the Balqa Health director and other officials were detained for a period of one week at a correction and rehabilitation center following Al-Hussein Salt New Hospital incident, according to Jordan News Agency (Petra).

Saturday, a technical defect in the Al-Hussein New Salt Hospital caused patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the hospital to be cut off from oxygen, leaving several dead.

This is a developing story.

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