Q: So what happens when more than 50 bloggers and journalists from several parts of the world unite with the sole purpose of conveying the truth and highlighting a family’s tragedy at a Jordanian hospital?
A: Tangible results.
Jordanian Minister of Health, Dr. Salah Al Mawajdeh, fired Dr. Abdulhadi Al Braizat, Director of The Prince Hamzah Hospital. The decision came as a step towards increasing the hospital’s efficiency.
After almost a month of the accident, my father is still unable to walk, but we’re still hopeful that with intensive physiotherapy he’ll get back on his feet again. Although it saddens me that my father’s case had to be the driving force and the changing trigger, I can take solace in knowing that such changes will hopefully prevent further similar cases from taking place ever again and that negligence and carelessness, at a place where these qualities must seize to exist, will eventually be eradicated.
And I have all of you to thank again.
That’s Good News Alhamdulilah!!!!
I hope things will turn better in prince Hamza hospital after this change, wish your father a quick recovery inshalla
7amdellah 3ala salamet el waled aham eshee ‘3air haik mo mohem..
regarding the director of that hospital I would say congratulations he got what he asked for
Good news man, hope he will be ok soon
Inshalla y2oom bel salameh, w ma tshoof shar
God bless our King, he’s the driving force behind all of this reform
هاي الاخبار يلي بتفرح القلب
و العيار الي ما بصيب بيدوش
سلامي للوالد
I wish your father would recover soon….
I think people such as the receptionist and middle managers are the ones who keep ruining things over and over. It’s not the hospital manager only….it’s the whole system, the general mentality of most workeres in Jordan (lazy,careless,not doing their job, the “who gives a damn” attitude,their lack of knowledge,skills,talent,creativity and they can’t simply come up with new suggestions because they are afraid to point out things, so they stay “cool” with everyone (and they are not used to express their own opinion)
A new manager would come, new ideas, new changes (mostly things like, relocating the caf., changing the entrance furniture) then it’s all back to same crummy system, where workers are clueless and rude.
Schools and Higher education inst. in Jordan need to be changed. Yeah and hiring through Wasta should stop.
This is great news! Allah yishfi w y3afi your father inshallah
this is a huge step forward. Hope your father regains his health soon. my best regards.
يا سيدي الحمد لله على سلامة الوالد وان شاء الله بتحسن كمان وكمان وبرجع زي اول وأحسن
وان شاء الله كمان انو يكون في تغييرات جذرية أكبر من هيك بالمستشفى ويتصلح الوضع فيو وفي غيرو
great news!
yes, God bless the King!
Who-Sane, thanks again for allowing us all a part in facilitating change. May the Lord of mercy continue to heal your father.
this is great news. Congratulations for those who made it possible to happen, and salamat for your father.
Lets get some facts here.
1- He did not get fired, WHERE did you read in any news that he was SACKED or FIRED.
2-Dr brizat is one of the best doctors in the middle east.
3-He did not want the job in the first time.
4-He worked hard to clean the hospital CORRUPTION.
5-When your dad incident took place he was in canada.
6-Dr brizat in jordan he is more important than the minister of health.
7-HE DID NOT GET FIRED HE DID NOT WANT THE JOB.
if it is blogging that did this, I think it has become stronger that conventional media… I should quit journalism and become professionally a blogger.. Salamto!
hussain, just remember it’s the angry and outraged comments that you later deleted that made the difference. show some appreciation for those who put their names on the line for you instead of giving them lectures on keeping it “civil.”
i hope your dad will get well soon, inshalla he will be as good as before…
and on the other side i’m really happy to hear that an action has been taken, YUPPY!!
Thank you all for your kind words. I am so grateful to each and everyone of you.
hamede:
1- To relieve someone from his duties is to fire him. I say tomatoes (to-may-toes), you say tomatoes (to-ma-toes). Dr. Braizat was relieved from his duties and that’s a journalistic euphemism for sacking him and WE ALL know that he was fired and why that happened.
2- He could be one of the best doctors in the world for all I care, but he’s DEFINITELY not the best manager!
3- Then he shouldn’t have taken it! Was he forced to take that position? I don’t think so.
4- He did a lousy job at that, otherwise my dad would not be in his current condition!
5- And how is that our problem? He’s at the top of the hierarchy and should be the first to be held accountable for his staff’s negligence. If he knows that his staff are “corrupted” why did he travel to Canada for a month or so?
6- ??
7- Please refer to the above-mentioned point 1 and 3.
hamede, if you know Dr. Braizat, and I know you do because you said so yourself, then please let him state his point of view on what happened. Thanks.
Samar: I NEVER deleted any comments here and you can go back to the main post and see the anger in the comments. Now why would I delete any supportive comments?
I did however modify some comments that contained profanities and insults which were directed at our King and I would never allow that … and I did delete the ones that wished me and my family more sorrow, do you really think I shouldn’t have deleted those? I don’t think so.
It was NOT the profanities that made the difference Samar, it was the solidarity of our polite blogosphere which I’m very grateful to.
I never lectured people and I would never do so … I merely asked them to keep it clean … now is that a wrong thing to do?
1- Relieve someone from his duties mean also up in his request.
2- blame who was working that day for your dad’s current condition
3- “Doing a lousy job” maybe you have never visited a public hospital in Jordon
4- When he was in Canada in medical convention not vacation he manages to be one of three doctors in the world to get that award. So lets be fair.
5- Your blog is the only media who said that he got fired
That is good news, I’m really happy about it.
You are a great person, I’m not saying this because I personally know you, it’s true, look at all the people who supported you and believed in the change that can be done through this blog, even though you are a total stranger to them and so is your dad. Look also to all those who tried to put you down and see how intimidated they were for they knew that the effect of this tragedy and the huge response it got will not go in vain. Keep it up, and stick to what you believe in, that’s how I know you, that’s why I love you.
hamede:
1- If it was his request, it would’ve been called “resignation”. Hamede, did you read the Al Rai article that is linked to my post? (click here if you didn’t) It clearly says that “the decision aims at increasing the efficiency of the hospital”. So it’s very obvious that it was not his decision.
2- How can you solve an issue if you don’t tackle the roots of it? This is basic management 101. So yes, the incompetent staff who were on shift at that time did commit all those grave mistakes, but it’s their managers fault for hiring them in the first place. If you’re a good manager, you’ll hire good people. No?
3- I did visit several public hospitals in Jordan including Al Bashir, and trust me on this one … as bad as Al Bashir may seem to you but it’s still way much better than what I saw in my own eyes at the Prince Hamzah Hospital.
4- To be fair, and I said it before, he could be the best doctor in the world but not the best manager indeed.
5- My blog is the only media that said that he was fired because the news was exclusively carried by Al Rai, who again, chose the words they want. I, on the other hand, do not report to an editor-in-chief and I can clearly see, and so does everyone here, that he was fired.
(the news was exclusively carried by AL rai,who agin,chose the words they want)
read your no 1.
Al hamdulah 3ala salamet your dad.
I have no more comment.
Thanks hamede. allah iysalmak buddy.
It’s a shame that someone had to be fired in this process (and perhaps Dr. Al Braizat shouldn’t be the only one), but hopefully it will lead to a better managed hospital. I also hope that other sub-par hospital systems will take notice and clean up their act before something like this happens to them.
Power to the people!
We should rule the universe!
congratulations!
That is excellent news.
Well done man.
Hope your father will get all his health back soon…
It is always the Manager’s fault. He is the one who bears the responsibility at the end of the day, even if he is not the one who did the act. Major companies in the world would fire their CEO when the company did not achieve its targets although he is not the one to blame but he is the CEO, his salary is 6 figure number and he take it in order to be responsible.
Recent water crisis is a good example of that. Both ministers resigned although they don’t work in Mafraq Water Directorate.
hemede, if Dr. Brizat did not want the job of managing Hemze hospital, he should not have taken it. when he took the job. no one forces anyone in jordan to be the resident of a 100 million dollar hospital.
as for your assertion that Dr. Brizat is the best in Jordan. let me tell you how the “best in jordan” works here. the government looks around and searches for loyalists. they order they media hound dogs to cover him day and night heaping prize and compliments. when they don’t like someone, they send their media hound dogs to do the opposite. that’s how you become No.1 Citizen or Public Enemy No.1 in Jordan. never believe anything you read in Al-Ghad, Al-Rai, Addustor, and to a lesser extent Al-Arab el-Youm.
if the bloggers never heard of him, he is a nobody. he is the govt’s pet. jordan’s press and media is totally discredeted.
If you want to know how good this doctor is, search medical journals in Canada. if you don’t find him, he is a no body. S
Although I’m a die hard supporter of this case, but this is NOT GOOD NEWS, believe me… Good news is having the investigation results and acting based on them… It’s about establishing something that other people can use when they are faced with such lousy actions…
I don’t think it is correct to blame the director alone for everything, can I ask something first:
Can he actually fire/change the employees?
I’m not taking the directors side, I even asked for such actions, he might be guilty as hell and read my posts on the subject to know where I stand but shouldn’t we first know where that investigation is heading…
And if the man wasn’t even in the hospital, then that counts for something, I’m not saying keep the guy as a director.. Hell No, but is he the ONLY one to blame! and what is happening with the investigation…
It’s becoming tooo long, I might actually post this…
mkilany, what I failed to mention is that this decision is not the outcome of the investigation, and is most probably an initial response by the minister.
He probably wasn’t directly involved in what happened, but as Bilal said, after all, he is the highest paid employee at the hospital and should be the first one to be held responsible and accountable for anything that goes inside the walls of his hospital.
But why can’t a director, the highest ranking officer, hire or fire people? He shouldn’t be the commander in chief if he didn’t/couldn’t.
But I do agree with you this is not the BEST news, but it’s still good to see some action taken by the Ministry of Health.
Who-sane,
Hiring and firing authorities get so entangled in governmental entities… I’m just asking a question because in governmental departments, I guess you need higher authorization to releave someone from his post…
I hope Someone That is willing to make this hospital a good one is hired soon!
good to hear that! although i feel bad for the dr. ! i feel the hit should’ve reached more of the staff that were there at that time ! like the freakin receptionist that couldnt read your dad’s name !!! dont you think ? not the dr. that was outta of town on a training thinking his staff are doing a great job ! I would go after the manager on duty and couple of the dept. heads !!!
it’s good to know that there are people who are being accountable for what have happened. I hope these kinds of tragedies will not recur in the future.
السلام عليكم يا حسين
أنت نعم الابن البار لابيه ومن تفتخر به وبأمثاله أردننا الحبيب
الاردن هو بيت الجميع ويجب على الجميع اصلاح ما يستطيع فيه من أجل الجميع أيضا.
وما قمت به أفتخر أن اكون عم لك ولو أنه لا أعتبر سوى أنك الاخ الاصغر والصديق ونعم الصديق
الحمدالله علي سلامة والدك وتمنا وأطلب من الله عز وجل ان يرجعه الي أحسن حال،ولكن ما أريد ان أقول وأشير اليه ،أن المشكله لم تحل بعد في مستشفايات الاردن،تسريح المدير أو الشخص المسؤل في هذاالمستشفي سيئا الصيت لن ولم يقدم أو يوئخر،ادهباوالقوا نضره علي باقي وكافه مستشفايات ألاردن ومدا الخدمات المترهله والعقيمه والغير أنسانيه ،ستكتشفون عمق المشاكل وطريقه التعامل مع أبنأء هذا الوطن ،أرجوا من عقال الوطن ن يبدئوا في التفكير والعمل علي حل جميع المشاكل التي تواجه هذا الوطن الحبيب واقريب علي قلوبنا
hi..happy belated eid…hope ur dad is doing better now
The deranged sons of Salt
hey man hope ur dioing ok ? wen hal 3′ebeh ?
Hello.
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?
you are soooo tagged
http://abedhamdan.com/2007/11/02/my-first-crush/
be honest
:P
Hi there, hope things are going well for you and you are just busy with life and work….come back here, we miss you!
dear publisher .1st of all;i hope for your dad best wishes and to get better soon.
your prsonal war against Dr abdelhadi is clear in your writes.you dont know the man!and i think you dont believe in fate.
what happened for your father could happen for anyone and anywhere even in the best hospitals.medicine is not always curable,and if you think that there is mitsakes or wrong managment done for your father you where able to fallow up it in courts for justice. but to blame Dr abdelhadi it self is not acceptable!
as Dr hamede said he is one of our best surgeons in middle east. and as a manager, i think he is better than many others, but here the system is the only blamed!
i had the honor of working as a resident of sugery with Dr. abdelhadi(trust me) he is the most doctor i ever seen to care for his patients than anyone.
note:the court ordered the minestry of health to rename dr abdelhadi as director of prince hamzah hospital last month.