"We continue to work closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to monitor the safety and welfare of all Singaporeans performing the Hajj", MUIS stated.
A preliminary statement on the Facebook page of the General Directorate of Civil Defense, Ministry of Interior, KSA said the incident occurred at the intersection of Street 204 and Street 223 in Mina, when pilgrims were headed to the Jamaraat area for the 'stoning of the devil' on both streets stampeded. According to the official spokesman of the General Directorate General of Civil Defense, Saudi Red Crescent and security personnel in the area immediately took control of the situation to prevent pedestrian traffic from adding to the overcrowding and enabling ambulance and rescue services to reach the injured.
The statement was made when 450 injured and 310 were reported dead. The official General Directorate of Civil Defense Twitter account @KSA_998 (Arabic only) later updated the numbers to 863 injured and 717 dead, from 'different nationalities'. Four thousand civil defense forces were despatched to the area, in addition to more than 220 rescue vehicles and ambulances.
As of September 19, the KSA General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said 1,372,148 pilgrims had arrived since the beginning of the year’s Hajj season, primarily by air.
The same day, the KSA Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that medical services will be available in Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah, as well as along the Jamaraat Bridge and Muzdalifah Walkway through eight hospitals with a total of 1,316 beds, encompassing 212 intensive care (IC) beds and 145 emergency (ER) beds. Complementing the hospital facilities are 78 health centres in Mina, and 16 centres located along the Jamaraat Bridge.
As of September 19, the KSA General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said 1,372,148 pilgrims had arrived since the beginning of the year’s Hajj season, primarily by air.
The same day, the KSA Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that medical services will be available in Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah, as well as along the Jamaraat Bridge and Muzdalifah Walkway through eight hospitals with a total of 1,316 beds, encompassing 212 intensive care (IC) beds and 145 emergency (ER) beds. Complementing the hospital facilities are 78 health centres in Mina, and 16 centres located along the Jamaraat Bridge.
Supporting the facilities are 155 ambulances, 55 of which are larger and 100 equipped to function as mobile intensive care units (ICUs).
The hospitals are:
The hospitals are:
Mina Emergency Hospital sees the most patients in the region. The 190-bed-capacity hospital covers all medical specialties, such as cardiology, orthopedics, pulmonology and ENT, and features ICUs, a laboratory, radiology section and the pharmacy.
The ground floor, with space for 24 beds, is allocated for ER requirements, including diagnosis rooms, cardiac screening, and sunstrokes. Out of the 24 beds, 12 are for males, and 12 for females. The 1st storey of the hospital accommodates 42 beds, including 28 ICU beds, and other 12 ICU beds for medical isolation. There are two delivery rooms, three operations and endoscopy rooms, and a number of recovery rooms. The 2nd storey, accommodating 90 beds, is allocated for inpatient wards. The hospital is staffed with 630 employees, including consultants, physicians, specialists, nurses, technicians, and administrative staff.
The Air Ambulance Service has been launched at the hospital. A helipad has been built to receive the Red Crescent helicopters moving critical ER cases.
Mina al-Jisr Hospital is a 150-bed-capacity hospital staffed by 400 employees, including physicians, nurses, technicians and administrative personnel. The inpatient wards handle all aspects of internal medicine and surgery.
There are 36 IC beds, three beds for isolation cases, equipped with biomarkers, monitoring devices and respirators. Four of the hospital’s dialysis chairs have been upgraded. Additionally, the hospital is equipped with 27 emergency beds and six highly equipped cardiopulmonary resuscitation beds. Sixteen fans have been installed at the hospital to address cases of heat exhaustion and sunstrokes. A small operation room is used for handling emergency surgeries.
Mina al-Share' al-Jadeed Hospital is a 50-bed hospital with 14 IC beds, two IC beds for negative-pressure medical isolation, two beds for heat exhaustion and sunstrokes, 13 emergency beds, and 34 inpatient beds (males/females). In addition, the hospital has 13 outpatient clinics (for treatment and bandages), and four dialysis devices.
There is an endoscopy section, and facilities for ultrasound and normal radiology devices for x-raying emergency and inpatient cases. The hospital has over 350 employees, including physicians, technicians and administrative staffers.
Though its 160-bed-capacity, Mina al-Wadi Hospital accommodates 118 basic beds, 50 additional beds, 20 IC beds for females, 28 inpatient beds for males, 28 inpatient beds for females, 10 cardiac intensive care beds, eight cardiac care beds, four intermediate care beds, and two cardiopulmonary resuscitation beds.
The 236-bed-capacity East Arafat Hospital has an emergency section, which includes 25 beds for newcomers, three beds for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 23 beds for sunstroke cases, 17 beds for cooling, and five beds for post-cooling. The inpatient section, meanwhile, includes 54 beds for males, 38 beds for females, five rooms for isolation, and four single rooms.
Though its 160-bed-capacity, Mina al-Wadi Hospital accommodates 118 basic beds, 50 additional beds, 20 IC beds for females, 28 inpatient beds for males, 28 inpatient beds for females, 10 cardiac intensive care beds, eight cardiac care beds, four intermediate care beds, and two cardiopulmonary resuscitation beds.
The 236-bed-capacity East Arafat Hospital has an emergency section, which includes 25 beds for newcomers, three beds for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 23 beds for sunstroke cases, 17 beds for cooling, and five beds for post-cooling. The inpatient section, meanwhile, includes 54 beds for males, 38 beds for females, five rooms for isolation, and four single rooms.
The intensive care unit includes 48 beds and four isolation rooms. The outpatient section, features 21 clinics, including two clinics for dressing wounds and a maternity room. Also, the hospital has two dialysis units.
There are over 400 employees, including consultants, specialists, residents, nursing technicians, nursing specialists, and technicians trained in radiation, anesthetisation, operations, pharmaceutics and laboratory work.
Jabal Ar-Rahmah Hospital at the Holy Site of Arafat has clinics, intensive care units, emergency sections, operation rooms, gastrointestinal endoscopy sections, laboratories, as well as radiation rooms and inpatient sections.
The hospital comprises 20 outpatient clinics and a public health clinic. The hospital hosts 140 beds, including 17 intensive care beds, two isolation beds and six recovery beds at the hospital’s three operation rooms. As part of the MOH’s preparations for handling sunstroke cases, the hospital’s sunstroke unit has been provided with 24 beds. The seconded personnel, totalling 334, include physicians, technicians and administrative staffers.
After being supplied with a helipad, Arafat General Hospital has been acting as a main communication point used for transferring critical cases from Mt Arafat to the network of Saudi specialist hospitals in Makkah and other cities. Arafat General Hospital begins its actual preparations on Dhul-Hijjah 7 each year.
The hospital comprises 300 inpatient beds, 12 emergency beds, in addition to four cardiopulmonary resuscitation beds and 28 intensive care beds. There is a separate storey for isolation, comprising five rooms for infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB) and meningitis. The hospital is staffed with 248 in-house employees, including physicians, nursing staff and technicians. A further 180 mobile employees have the same specialties.
Namira Hospital has a capacity of 90 beds: 12 beds for intensive care, six beds for intermediate care, six beds for heart care, two beds for sunstroke, two isolation beds, and six emergency beds, including one bed for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and 62 inpatient beds. The hospital has allocated 25 beds for medical evacuation.
The hospital encompasses 17 clinics, including a room for gastrointestinal endoscopy. The hospital is also staffed with 170 seconded personnel, including physicians, engineers, nursing staff, technicians, statisticians, and administrative staff. Furthermore, the hospital accommodates four operative modern dialysis devices and two thermal-steam sterilisation rooms.