Over three hundred medical personnel will be deployed for effective health care services to the Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj.
The Head of the Medical Mission of the National Hajj Commission in Madina Dr. Aminu Mohammed liman stated this while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Madina Saudi Arabia.
He maintained that the number comprised of medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists,s and environmental health officer’s to ensure proper health care services to Nigerian pilgrims in the holy land.
Dr Aminu Ladan said so far about eighteen thousand Nigerian pilgrims arrived in Madina and out of which one thousand five hundred have visited the three Nigerian clinics situated at Renand Al Masi, Al Zahra, and three-point Al Amin hotels in Madina.
According to him, the mission has a very good working relationship with the Saudi Ministry of Health, whereby patients with very critical conditions that can not be managed be transferred to Saudi hospital for treatment Free of charge.
Dr. Aminu Ladan disclosed that so far no Nigerian pilgrim lost life in Saudi Arabia and that the Mission had treated cases of malaria, respiratory tract infection, fatigue, diabetes, and hypertension.
The Head, therefore, advised pilgrims to desist from patronizing unhealthy food vendors, unnecessary movements due to harsh weather conditions, and take a lot of water
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