The detention of 23 Egyptian pilgrims in Saudi hospitals

The Ministry of Health and Population announced that 18,414 patients had been admitted to Egyptian medical mission clinics for Hajj until Friday, August 2 in the morning.

The ministry said in a statement that among the pilgrims attending mission clinics, 15,411 cases of illness in Mecca and 3103 cases in Medina, highlighting the entry of 37 cases in Saudi hospitals. .

For his part, Dr. Mohammed Dhahi, head of the medical mission of Hajj, said that dialysis was performed for 20 cases in Saudi hospitals, with 53 dialysis sessions, while he had received 4 other cases of chemotherapy, noting that the mission team was coordinating with Saudi hospitals prior to the sessions. Dialysis and chemotherapy so that Egyptian pilgrims receive a full medical service. The medical team of the mission also spends daily "morning and evening" in all hospitals where pilgrims are booked to check their health status and in monitoring.

He pointed out that the prevention team continues to organize their sensitization seminars for pilgrims to familiarize them with the preventive measures to be followed and with the distribution of leaflets and pamphlets. identify infectious diseases and ways to prevent them.

Under the latest contract of the Medical Attaché of the Egyptian Embbady in Saudi Arabia and the supervisor of the Hajj Medical Mission, Dr. Amr Kandil, Chief of Mission of Dr. Mohammed Dhahi , met last night, second batch of the mission after their arrival yesterday morning in Saudi territory, – 2019.

At the meeting, Qandil insisted on providing the best medical service to Egyptian pilgrims and working in the spirit of a team to serve the guests of the Rahman.

Qandil said the medical mission included all medical specialties and that the new mission members had been badigned to the mission. They had to transfer the experience of the first series of missions to their new colleagues, helping them to provide the best medical service to Egyptian pilgrims.