Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior, Chairman of Hajj Supreme Committee, directed to unify and coordinate pilgrims health services that are provided by all the Kingdom's health sectors participating in Hajj season in 1430.
This was mentioned in the Minister's press statements after heading the meeting of the administrators of governmental heath sectors that provides health services in this Hajj season. He stated that this meeting was held under the directions of the Second Deputy Premier, Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, in which many topics were discussed including viewing all the health sectors preparations, work force and medical specializations. In addition, focusing on intensive care specialization, infectious diseases and emergency medicine as well as making sure that readiness of emergency rooms and intensive care units. Moreover, he notified that the meeting emphasized the importance of benefiting from air ambulance in transferring and coordinating critical cases specially heart disease patients, in addition to establishing a unified administration for emergencies referrals located in Mina Emergency Hospital.
The Minister clarified that the bed capacity of all participated health sectors this year exceeds 3700 bed all over Makkah and Madina.
Dr. AL Rabeeah, described the arrived pilgrims status as assuring and the health condition is stable with no infectious case reported yet.