Medical clinics in the Holy Land received 56,340 Egyptian pilgrims

The Ministry of Health and Population announced that the clinics of the Egyptian medical mission for Hajj had received 56,340 patients on Friday morning, where they had been screened and needed treatment, including 51,111 in Makkah and 4,511 in Medina. .

In a statement, the Ministry of Health said that the Minister of Health and Population daily monitored the work of the mission to ensure the best medical service to Egyptian pilgrims.

For its part, Dr. Mohammed Dahi, head of the Hajj medical mission, recorded 169 cases of Saudi hospitals, while 119 cases remained fully recovered and there are still 50 cases receiving up to 39, now the necessary treatment. Dialysis was conducted in 36 Saudi hospitals, including 232 dialysis sessions, while 8 other cases received chemotherapy.

He stressed that the mission team was coordinating its activities with Saudi hospitals before conducting dialysis and chemotherapy to ensure that Egyptian pilgrims benefit fully from medical services. medical team of the mission pbading daily "morning and evening" in all the hospitals where the pilgrims were reserved; They and follow their health.

Dahi pointed out that no case of infectious or epidemic disease had been discovered among Egyptian pilgrims until this morning, pointing out that the prevention team was still organizing seminars awareness campaign for pilgrims to familiarize them with the preventive measures to be followed and with the distribution of brochures and leaflets to prevent infectious diseases and prevent them.

In a related context, Dr. Amr Qandil, medical attaché in Saudi Arabia and supervisor of the medical mission of the pilgrimage, the first Egyptian need after delivery at the maternity and children's hospital of Mecca, Thursday evening, to monitor his state of health with his baby.

Qandil explained that 36-year-old mother Samah Murad, originally from Nubariya town in Beheira province and belonging to the Ministry of the Interior mission, said that the medical mission had started to follow her from her arrival in Saudi Arabia, through the realization of the pilgrimage to places of feelings Mona and Arafat She gave birth Thursday evening at the maternity and children's hospital of Mecca.

He stressed that the birth was completely normal and that the mother was in good health and that the girl was well and that she was receiving the necessary medical care. She must be released from the hospital on Friday, pointing out that the baby "Mecca" is the fourth child of the mother.

For his part, Samah praised the medical services provided by the medical mission throughout his presence in Saudi Arabia until his birth, stressing that the medical team of the mission continued to monitor his health moment after day until the date of birth, thanking all the members of Hajj's medical mission.