National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Medical Centre, in Saudi Arabia, has said the centre had recorded 19 deaths from inception of the Hajj exercise to date.
Head of Data Unit of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Medical Centre, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Dr Jibrin Suleman, on Tuesday, said the centre had recorded 19 deaths from inception of the Hajj exercise to date.
The centre has five clinics, two in Madinah and three in Mecca, to cater for the ailing Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
While briefing the Senate Ad Hoc Committee leader on Hajj, Senator Ali Wakili, during a visit to the centre in Mecca, Suleman said most of the deceased were aged persons of between 65 years and above, and that most of the deceased died of heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes and other related ailments.
He said the centre recorded two miscarriages and referred 50 cases to Saudi hospitals within the period, and that more than 10,000 pilgrims had visited the centre for cold, malaria, body pains and other simple and non-complicated cases.
Also briefing the committee, the Head, Medical Team of the centre, Dr Muhammad Bello Abdulkadir, said the clinics were stocked with necessary drugs. "We brought some of the drugs from Nigeria, while others were procured in Saudi Arabia."