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AMMAN: A Jordanian court on Sunday sentenced to three years in jail the director of a state hospital over the deaths of 10 patients at the facility which treated coronavirus patients.
Abdel Razak al-Khashman and four aides were convicted of "causing the deaths" at the Salt state hospital where the patients died after it ran out of oxygen.
The verdict can be appealed within 10 days.
The deaths in March sparked public anger in Jordan and led to the resignation of health minister Nazir Obeidat.
Hundreds of angry people gathered outside Al-Hussein Salt New Hospital, northwest of Amman, when news of the deaths spread.
King Abdullah visited the hospital and protesters surrounded his car as it neared the building.
(with AFP)
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