RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is providing medical care for pilgrims arriving in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah to participate in Hajj 2024.
The Madinah Health Cluster has set up a dialysis unit for pilgrims at the King Fahd Hospital, equipped with 11 dialysis machines able to perform 22 dialysis sessions per day, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The dialysis sessions are scheduled in coordination with medical missions affiliated with Hajj companies.
Since the beginning of this year’s Hajj season, 106 pilgrims have benefited from medical care services for dialysis patients.
Meanwhile, a medical team at King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah successfully performed a same-day surgery to save the vision of a 58-year-old Turkish pilgrim. The patient was suffering from retinal detachment in her left eye caused by a retinal hole, SPA reported.
“The team decided to perform an urgent surgery that included removing the vitreous fluid, repairing the retinal detachment, and injecting silicone oil into the eye,” SPA quoted the medical team as saying.
The woman will completely recover and will be able to continue her Hajj, SPA said.
