Saudi health issues outreach messages to help people with heat stress

The Saudi Ministry of Health continued to disseminate its awareness messages through its electronic platforms, to serve pilgrims and to inform them of the means of prevention that help them to make their pilgrimage safe and secure. healthy.

The Ministry 's "Infographic" show shows the pilgrim the right way to help people suffering from heat stress, summed up in three steps: the first call for immediate help and the phone number. emergency 911, while the second step is to bring the pilgrim from the hot zone to a cold zone, while Encourage the patient to frequently drink sips of cold water.

The Ministry of Health has released over 14 heat stress awareness products in multiple languages, including ambulatory videos and Motion Graphics designs to inform Rahman customers of certain health rules.

This year, the Ministry of Health has completely transformed the command and control room of the Mina Emergency Hospital, the main information platform of the Hajj Ministry of Health, and a monitoring center for health status indicators, early warning, counseling and follow-up of strategic health decisions through an advanced information and communication network. Communication.

Health status is controlled by business intelligence platforms that automatically extract data from various electronic health systems such as hospitals and health centers in Mashaer, Holy Capital, Medina, Jeddah and Taif, and central systems such as the epidemiological and infectious disease surveillance system, immunization, referral system, manpower management system and medical supply systems. Hajj, where vacant beds are posted instantly in each facility, decisions are made tactically or in accordance with the satisfying need to redistribute hypnotists, and overcrowding and waiting rates for emergency services are monitored. Yadat, and monitor the types of diseases and health problems and health indicators and the distribution in the field of emotions, it is necessary to anticipate any early health warning of events requiring support or exploration in the field.

An electronic medical system has been set up in hospitals and sacred centers to document data of pilgrims in integration with the Hajj ministry and the National Information Center, when registering pilgrims in any establishment as well as in the control and automatic control room of more than 260 ambulance transport vehicles in Mecca and the Medina. They can be directed individually or in groups automatically to the event site and as needed, as well as by follow-up convoy carrying detainees from Madina Hospital to Arafat Hospital. and between the hospitals of Mona and Arafat.

The command and control room is supported by telecommunication and video communication systems that facilitate communication between emergency management centers in the regions and governorates, with all health facilities of the MOH, the halls joint operations and other health sectors.

We believe that all these equipment and techniques in the command and control room are important requirements and tools to enable health officials to make decisions and manage events and disasters – God forbids us – to prevent them from occurring. activate emergency plans and prepared crises in advance, in addition to being a center for monitoring early warning indicators and strategic and tactical monitoring of operations, as well as Facilitation and follow-up tasks Transfer of patients between hospitals.