Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General praised the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz AL Rabeeah and the Ministry staff for the 1431 Hajj health plan success in accomplishing its goals and having an epidemic-free Hajj. In addition, He mentioned in his telegram his gratitude to the Ministry staff for their efforts in this medical achievement.
Dr. AL Rabeeah expressed his gratefulness to His Highness; mentioning the great support of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Crown Prince and the Second Deputy toward the health sector. He also mentioned that 1431 Hajj season was epidemic-free with great health achievements.
Moreover, Ministry of Health has provided its services during 1431 Hajj season to more than 760.000 pilgrims. That is by preparing 24 hospitals with the capacity of 3700 beds, 137 health center, 145 ambulances, 371 ICU extra beds and recruiting more than 19.000 employees to serve pilgrims and 293 foreign ICU and ER consultants and nurses. In addition, 230 cardiac catheterization procedures, 15 open-heart surgeries were conducted and 364 sick pilgrims were assisted in performing their Hajj tasks in Arafat.