Ministry of Health stated that the number of pilgrims who received treatment services through hospitals and healthcare centers in Makkah and Al-Madinah reached (76,635) male and female pilgrims from the first day of the month of Dhul-Qi’dah until Saturday corresponding to the sixth day of Dhul-Hijjah 1444H.
The ministry said: The pilgrims benefited from the qualitative specialized treatment services, where the hospitals provided a range of services, including: (23) open-heart surgeries and (162) cardiac catheterizations were performed, and (385) dialysis operations were performed, (38) endoscopy operations were performed, while (1590) pilgrims entered hospitals, and registered two childbirths, and virtual health participated in some services; Where the total number of beneficiaries of Seha virtual services reached (836).
It is noteworthy that, during the Hajj season of this year 1444H, in Makkah, the holy sites, and Al-Madinah, Ministry of Health equipped its health facilities to provide treatment services to the guests of Rahman. Where the number of hospitals reached (32) hospitals, supported by (140) healthcare centers, and their bed capacity increased to (6132) beds, while the number of beds designated for intensive care reached (761) beds, and the number of beds designated for sunstroke reached (222) beds, and the number of health personnel qualified to serve the pilgrims is about (32) thousand practitioners. The Ministry has also prepared medical points in the Al-Mashaer and Al-Haramain trains, and has intensified its efforts in the central area of the Holy Mosque of Makkah, in addition to providing (190) ambulances, and preparing (16) emergency centers at the Jamarat Bridge facility in Mina.