The Specialty Hospital was awarded the “Elite Plus Hospital Award” within the Gold Initiative that was launched by the Arab Hospitals Federation, in recognition of the efforts and measures taken by health institutions responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the 53 healthcare institutions from 10 Arab countries that applied for this award, the Specialty Hospital is the only hospital in the Arab World awarded the Elite Plus Hospital Award as a result of its preventive and distinctive efforts to combat COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety and quality of medical services provided to patients during the pandemic.
The Specialty Hospital is the first hospital in Jordan to provide sterilization gates at all hospital entrances, the first Drive Thru COVID-19 station to provide the safest testing environment for COVID-19 with high accuracy by using PCR technique, and have allocated a designated department to treat COVID-19 patients. In addition, the Specialty Hospital is the first and the only hospital to introduce the first disinfection robot in Jordan UVD-Robot 360 which kills up to 99.99% of viruses" including the COVID-19 virus "within ten minutes only.
Noting that the Specialty Hospital is one of the most awarded and accredited hospitals internationally.
It was recently re-accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), it was the first hospital in Jordan to go through the JCI virtual survey due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the Specialty Hospital received three certificates from the Joint Commission International. It was re-accredited by the Joint Commission International for the fifth cycle; also, the hospital was reaccredited as a Cardiac Care Center of Excellence in Acute Myocardial Infraction and Heart Failure for the second cycle.