Saudi Gazette report

MAKKAH — The Saudi medical teams in Makkah have saved two Hajj pilgrims from Algeria and Pakistan after they suffered from severe heart attack. The health conditions of both pilgrims are fine.

The rapid response of the medical team at Ajyad Emergency Hospital near the Grand Mosque in Makkah has saved the life of an Algerian woman pilgrim, who is in her mid-seventies.

The Ministry of Health stated that the Algerian pilgrim suffered an acute heart attack, and the medical team proceeded to deal with the case urgently by administering treatment and clot solvents. She was then transferred to King Abdullah Medical City for urgent cardiac catheterization.

The Makkah medical team also dealt with successfully the case of a Pakistani pilgrim who suffered from chest pain. It was found in the diagnosis that he had a heart attack.

The medical team decided to transfer the patient urgently from the Haram 3 Emergency Center to the heart center of King Abdullah Medical City to deal with the case through catheterization.