JEDDAH: Medical teams at King Abdul Aziz International Airport saved the lives of two pilgrims who fell seriously ill on Wednesday as they prepared to return to their home countries after performing Hajj.
An Indonesian man who has suffered respiratory and cardiac arrest was in a coma when he arrived at the airport’s Health Monitoring Center. The medical team there took him to an emergency room where he was resuscitated and his pulse restored within six minutes.
The second patient was a Chinese pilgrim brought to the center complaining of breathing difficulties before also suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest. Medics managed to resuscitate him and restore his pulse within four minutes. Both patients had tubes inserted to assist breathing and they were transferred to King Abdullah Medical Complex
The center, which has qualified staff trained to deal with all kinds of medical emergencies, has dealt with four life-threatening cases in the past three days alone.
Medical teams at Jeddah airport save two pilgrims’ lives
Medical teams at Jeddah airport save two pilgrims’ lives
- An Indonesian man who has suffered respiratory and cardiac arrest was in a coma
- The other was a Chinese pilgrim complaining of breathing difficulties before also suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest
KSrelief clinic helps displaced people in Yemen
- Of those, 24 were treated at the communicable disease control clinic, 10 at the emergency clinic, 21 at the internal medicine clinic, three at the reproductive health clinic and 13 at the awareness and health education section
HAJJAH: Scores of internally displaced people in Yemen have received healthcare services at a mobile clinic operated by Saudi aid agency KSrelief.
From Dec. 10-16, 71 people visited the facility at Waalan Camp in Hajjah governorate. Of those, 24 were treated at the communicable disease control clinic, 10 at the emergency clinic, 21 at the internal medicine clinic, three at the reproductive health clinic and 13 at the awareness and health education section.
An additional 58 patients visited the nursing services section, while medications were dispensed to a further 58. One person visited the surgery and wound care clinic.
The facility is part of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to those affected by the conflict in Yemen.
