Tuesday morning, the Amman Magistrate's Court released five out of the 13 suspects who were arrested following Al-Hussein Salt New Hospital incident.

Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Khashman, the former director of the hospital who resigned in the wake of the incident; Khaled Al-Kharabsheh; Fadi Alwan; Assem Ghunaimat; and Alaa Al-Anati were released following the expiration of their detention period of 30 days, according to lawyer Ahmad Hajdawi.

March 13, a technical defect in the Al-Hussein New Salt Hospital caused patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) to be cut off from oxygen, causing eight deaths and outrage in the Kingdom.

Thirteen officials were subsequently charged with seven counts of joint murder by association. Those charged included the then-Director of Al-Hussein New Salt Hospital; the Assistant Director of the hospital for services and supplies; an Administrative Doctor on-call; the Assistant Director for Administrative and Technical Affairs; a registered nurse; the Balqa Director of Health Affairs; the Assistant Director for Nursing Affairs; the head of the hospital's Medical Devices Department; the head of the Medical Gas Group at the Ministry of Health; the Secretary General at the Ministry of Health for Technical and Health Affairs; the Secretary General at the Ministry of Health for Technical and Health Affairs and Health Directorates; the Assistant Secretary General at the Ministry of Health for Services; and the Director of the Medical Engineering Directorate at the Ministry of Health.

The court did not release any details about the remaining suspects. 

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