MAKKAH: Two African Hajj pilgrims were given urgent treatment for life-threatening cardiac conditions at the King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah.
The patients, one from Somalia and another from Senegal, were later discharged from hospital wearing smart watches that allowed medical teams to remotely monitor their health as they completed their pilgrimage.
Two pilgrims from Southeast Asia, one from Indonesia and the other from Myanmar, received similar care in the city after suffering heart attacks.
A fifth pilgrim, an Indian man in his 60s, was treated at the Madinah Cardiac Surgery and Disease Center after suffering a heart attack inside the Prophet’s Mosque.
Doctors at the hospital discovered he had a clot in his main coronary artery and treated it by fitting a stent.
The man was later discharged, also wearing a smart watch, and able to continue performing his Hajj rituals.
The provision of critical care in these and other incidents is evidence of the Kingdom’s ability to react to healthcare emergencies during the Hajj season.
