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First Aid & Health Care Services
Ultimately, it’s the role of the government to
ensure that its health welfare systems are
capable of meeting the needs of its population,
and particularly the most vulnerable as was
clearly defined in Strategy 2010 of the
International Federation of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent.
The Jordan Red Crescent plays a complementary
role through providing a variety of health
services and programmes that are developed to
fulfil local and national needs.
Jordan Red Crescent Hospital
The JRC hospital is strategically situated in an
under-privileged area of Amman near the largest
Palestinian refugee camp. It was inaugurated in
1953 and has since undergone much expansion and
renovation thanks to the generosity of various
donors. It now has 126 beds, four main operating
theatres and one for minor surgery; a seven bed
ICU equipped with the latest technology;
maternity and radiology departments, laboratory,
blood bank, dental clinic, pharmacy Post Partum
Centre, a Dialysis Unit and a 24-hour Accident
and Emergency Unit.
The donation received by the JRC in 2003/2004
from the Japanese Embassy enabled it to renovate
and re-equip its kitchen and laundry.
Since the beginning of the current Intifada the
hospital’s services have benefited the victims
of armed conflict both from the West Bank and
Gaza.
The hospital is non-profit making. It charges
nominal fees to cover running costs and staff
salaries.
Sheikh Zayed Ben Sultan Renal Dialysis Unit
By a donation from the UAE Red Crescent, a 6 bed
Renal Dialysis Unit was established in 2004. In
addition to providing this service to the local
community the unit also serves patients with
renal dysfunction referred through the MOH, as
the JRC has signed a cooperation agreement with
the MOH to refer all cases that are beyond the
capacity of the MOH hospitals to JRC hospital.
Comprehensive Mother and Child Health Care
Centres
Located in under-privileged areas of Amman and
Aqaba, the JRC has established two comprehensive
Post Partum centres equipped with modern
instruments to provide mother and child with
prenatal and postpartum care.
These important services are provided in a
family-friendly atmosphere and offer safe,
effective and easily used family planning
methods under the supervision of specialists and
a highly trained medical team.
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The JRC runs a dental clinic adjacent to its H.Q
in Amman which is open to the general public.
The clinic employs a fully qualified dentist and
is equipped with high quality materials
providing conventional dental treatment such as
fillings, extractions, etc and also the fitting
of false teeth, the provision of removable
orthodontic appliances and minor surgery. These
treatments are offered at nominal charge.
Medical Laboratory
With the support of the JRC’s headquarters and
other donors in 1981 the Maan branch opened a
medical laboratory located in the centre of the
city. The laboratory is run by professional
staff and equipped with modern instruments which
are constantly updated. It provides a vital
service to the local community only charging
nominal fees to cover running costs.
In 2002 the JRC laboratory was certified by the
Ministry of Health to carry out HIV and
Thalasemia blood tests. It provides these
services to an average of 15-20 persons per day.
Ambulance services
Since 1967 the JRC in cooperation with ICRC has
been providing an ambulance service to transport
the sick and the elderly to and from the West
Bank and other neighbouring countries. The JRC
also provides ambulance services and medical
escort for many other urgent humanitarian cases.
During the last Iraqi crisis - in cooperation
with the Civil Defence - The Jordan Red Crescent
provided ambulance services for third country
nationals who had fled Iraq and were on their
way to their countries of origin. The ambulance
and medical escort accompanied them from the JRC
transient camp at the Ruwieshed border to the
country exit ports of Amman and Aqaba.
Free medical days
The JRC and its various branches organise
numerous days for free medical care. This
activity aims at reaching the needy persons in
their community, so they may benefit from a free
medical check-up carried out by physicians. The
recipients of this service are also given free
medication as needed.
First Aid
Since its inception the Jordan Red Crescent has
been seeking to create awareness in the area of
first aid among people. This is a vital service
as it can help save many lives that otherwise
would be lost. These services seek to achieve
the aim of the Jordan Red Crescent, which is to
provide a first aider in every household.
To emphasize this philosophy the Society opened
The National Centre for First Aid and Risk
Prevention in October 2001.
The National Centre for First Aid and Risk
Prevention holds the following sessions:
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Basic Courses in First Aid
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Advanced First Aid Courses
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CPR Training Courses
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Equipping Trainers in First Aid
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First Aid Courses for “Driving Licence
Applicants”
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First Aid and Water Rescue Courses
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First Aid Courses for Housewives
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Risk Prevention Courses
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Disaster Management Courses
The Jordan Red Crescent also works on developing
its national and regional Community Based First
Aid (CBFA) capacities to strengthen the
community in tackling day to day health
problems, managing injuries, preventing diseases
and preparing for and reducing the impact of
disasters by mobilizing local resources through
Red Crescent community based first aid
volunteers.
To develop the national and regional CBFA, the
JRC provides national level leadership training
of trainers, continuous education, National
certification as well as working on developing a
First Aid Kit.
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The National Centre for First Aid and Risk
Prevention
Amman -Shmeisani- Wasfi El Tal Street
Tel: 00962 - 6 5682707
Blood Bank
Our blood bank encourages blood donors to make
sure we have sufficient supplies to serve the
requirements of the hospital. It is staffed by
professional technicians who carry out various
tests to ensure the safety of the public.
HIV/AIDS Awareness Programmes
In 2002 the JRC launched its national campaign
against HIV/AIDS as an integral part of the
global campaign of the Red Cross/Red Crescent to
fight stigma and discrimination against people
living with HIV/AIDS. The overall goal is to
promote responsible behavior which prevents the
transmission of HIV and to develop peoples
attitude and way of thinking towards those
afflicted.
At national level the JRC holds numerous
workshops for TOT and Peer Educators with the
Ministry of Health, Universities, schools, and
other civil society organizations working with
youth who subsequently incorporate our
programmes into their own.
The Jordan Red Crescent also seeks to create
sustainable partnerships with other
organisations working with HIV/AIDS issues. In
cooperation with Family Health International /
IMPACT project; the JRC has implemented a
successful awareness programme “The Truth about
AIDS. PASS IT ON...” in the north and south of
Jordan.
The President of the JRC is the Vice Chairman of
the National AIDS Committee. The JRC is an
active member of that Committee as well as being
a member in the Jordan UN HIV/AIDS Theme Group.
JRC volunteers organise and carry out the
different activities of the awareness programme
which include workshops, seminars,
questionnaires, dissemination of pertinent
material, focus groups meetings, designing
educational tools, various social events,
celebration of World AIDS Day and distribution
of symbolic awards to stakeholders.
At regional level the training of
staff/volunteers from Middle East North Africa
Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, e.g Egypt,
Yemen, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,
Syria, Lebanon.
JRC also became a member of the Regional Arab
Network Against AIDS network RANA.
At international level participate in
International AIDS conferences, e.g at the
Barcelona conference where for the first time an
HIV positive Jordanian spoke of his trauma in
public only made possible by the support of the
Jordan Red Crescent for PLWA.
Other Health Care Services
In order to reach the most vulnerable the JRC
operates the following services through its
branches - in co-operation with sister RC/RC
societies and various other humanitarian
organisations:
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Promotion of public awareness regarding health
issues
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Dental Clinic mostly serving refugees and the
under-privileged
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Training of selected professionals e.g doctors,
nurses etc.
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First Aid and Water Rescue Posts
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In times of disaster, the JRC in cooperation
with IFRC deploys Emergency Response Units for
Basic Health Care or field hospitals.
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