RIYADH: In preparation for the Haj season, the Ministry of Health (MoH) conducted a workshop in Riyadh in cooperation with Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom.
An official from the MoH told Arab News that the workshop on crisis management discussed how to plan and develop laws and procedures for risk management.
The event was attended by senior MoH officials and university officials.
The official said that this workshop was aimed at leaders and decision makers at the Ministry of Health and the Saudi Red Crescent Authority to raise the level of health services provided to pilgrims during the current Haj season.
The Ministry of Health has set up a risk management assessment of the Center for Crowd Medicine Agency, which conducted its first strategic health risk assessment in cooperation with all relevant departments of the Ministry of Health, and evaluated the communication system during crises in the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
This year, the Haj committee of the Ministry of Health has chalked out a comprehensive plan to intensify its awareness campaign among this year’s pilgrims through electronic channels.
According to Dr. Hussein Ghannam, general supervisor of the general directorate of health affairs for Haj and Umrah this year, the awareness will be focused on a number of topics, including sunstroke, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and chronic health diseases that are likely to be found among pilgrims.
Among pilgrims, diagnosed cases of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, migraine, epilepsy, skin diseases, psychiatric illnesses and gastric ulcer should be properly controlled with appropriate treatment.
It was also decided to form an emergency committee to focus on three demarcated areas such as the central region, the center of the holy sites in Arafat, Mina and Muzdalifah, and Makkah.
The distribution of health workers at the holy sites was also discussed. The ministry recruits more than 22,000 people from various medical, technical, and administrative categories for the Haj season every year. The officials will also include some 400 medics in rare medical disciplines including intensive care, respiratory therapy and treatment as well as nursing intensive care and emergencies.
An official from the MoH told Arab News that the workshop on crisis management discussed how to plan and develop laws and procedures for risk management.
The event was attended by senior MoH officials and university officials.
The official said that this workshop was aimed at leaders and decision makers at the Ministry of Health and the Saudi Red Crescent Authority to raise the level of health services provided to pilgrims during the current Haj season.
The Ministry of Health has set up a risk management assessment of the Center for Crowd Medicine Agency, which conducted its first strategic health risk assessment in cooperation with all relevant departments of the Ministry of Health, and evaluated the communication system during crises in the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
This year, the Haj committee of the Ministry of Health has chalked out a comprehensive plan to intensify its awareness campaign among this year’s pilgrims through electronic channels.
According to Dr. Hussein Ghannam, general supervisor of the general directorate of health affairs for Haj and Umrah this year, the awareness will be focused on a number of topics, including sunstroke, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and chronic health diseases that are likely to be found among pilgrims.
Among pilgrims, diagnosed cases of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, migraine, epilepsy, skin diseases, psychiatric illnesses and gastric ulcer should be properly controlled with appropriate treatment.
It was also decided to form an emergency committee to focus on three demarcated areas such as the central region, the center of the holy sites in Arafat, Mina and Muzdalifah, and Makkah.
The distribution of health workers at the holy sites was also discussed. The ministry recruits more than 22,000 people from various medical, technical, and administrative categories for the Haj season every year. The officials will also include some 400 medics in rare medical disciplines including intensive care, respiratory therapy and treatment as well as nursing intensive care and emergencies.
