One week deadline given to review evidence in Salt Hospital case: AMC

Jordan

Published: 2021-10-07 12:59

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 09:33


One week deadline given to review evidence in Salt Hospital case: AMC
One week deadline given to review evidence in Salt Hospital case: AMC

The Amman Magistrates Court (AMC) gave the Public Prosecution a one-week deadline to review the defense evidence in the Salt Hospital case.

Thursday, the court held its 35th public session in the case, headed by Judge Odai al-Fraihat, during which the defense lawyers presented their evidence in the case, and the court decided to give a week’s time to the Public Prosecution in order to determine its position on this evidence.

The court had given the defendants in the case a period of 14 days to submit their defensive evidence, which is the period stipulated by law, and before that they submitted their defense statements.

During the previous sessions, the court concluded its hearing of 66 witnesses in the case presented by the Public Prosecution, including the former Minister of Health, Dr. Nazir Obeidat, and a number of experts and forensic doctors.

The Public Prosecution charged all 13 of the defendants with 10 counts of murder, but they pleaded not guilty.

The case dates back to March 2021 when a technical defect in the Al-Hussein New Salt Hospital caused patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) to be cut off from oxygen, which led to the death of 10 Jordanians.

The hearings started at the beginning of last April, and they are still continuing until now.