The Amman Field Hospital built by the Ministry of Health near Prince Hamzah Hospital will soon be operational and start receiving COVID-19 patients, Health Ministry Secretary General Wael Hayajneh said on Saturday.

During a hospital tour of local and foreign journalists, Hayajneh said that the facility is fully equipped and includes an intensive care unit with oxygen supply tubing, and staffed with medical, nursing and administrative cadres in line with up-to-date international standards, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The 6,800-square-metre hospital with a capacity of 403 beds, comprising 84 ICU beds and 319 isolation beds, which was inaugurated by His Majesty King Abdullah last week, is the third in the Kingdom for treating COVID-19 patients.

Hayajneh said that the ministry is scheduled to build three other similar facilities in Irbid, Maan and Aqaba in the coming period.

Hospital Director Khaldoun Allawi said that the facility constitutes "a qualitative leap" in terms of the services provided to the coronavirus patients, and is a "real achievement” given its capacity and the speed of its construction, which did not exceed 30 days.

Allawi added that the hospital was fully equipped and staffed to accommodate rising COVID-19 infections, noting that the isolation and high control standards will help curb the spread of infection among the rooms.

Faisal Baddad, manager of Baddad constructions that built the hospital, said that the company has constructed 131 field hospital in 27 countries after the approval of relevant health authorities, including in Jordan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the US, Italy, Spain, Libya and India, Petra reported.