Maybe this was exaggerated a little bit, we do have many hospitals both public and private, but one national center for diabetes that is fully covered by the government, so diabetics who are treated in this center would not have to pay for their injections or oral medications. In general we have excellent doctors in Jordan but my problem is with the supportive system around the doctors which is almost non-existent, and in the diabetes management I think it is very important to have a full system that caters for the patient from the doctor to the nurses to the product specialists, educators and dietician. I am not sure about the rest of the world but from what I read in the different blogs and forums I feel that it is different. At the beginning it was a total mess for me, although Layan was hospitalized for 3 days in one of the best private hospitals in Amman but yet nobody explained to me why she was there, and what to expect. I met the endo in the 3rd day of her stay in the hospital, she is a great doctor, but she had to give me as much information as she could on behalf of all the expected disciplines, and she let Layan out of the hospital with insulin pens, a meter and a book to read and I had to learn all the rest, it was a tough year and I am still learning but now it is much better. Thanks always to all of you
Ah, that makes sense. I could see people in the USA going totally nutso if the government tried to shunt people into a particular clinic/ system for treatments.
Nope, it is not. There are several crossing points and Israel and Jordan have a friendly relationship. It's common for tourists visiting Israel to take side trips to Petra (it's really cool). Americans need a visa, which they can get at the boarder for a nominal fee or from the Jordanian embassy.