Five pilgrims still to come home

JAKARTA: Five Indonesian pilgrims are still being treated in Saudi Arabian hospitals for a variety of medical conditions, almost two months after the haj season ended on Feb. 1.

Wardhani Muchsin, an Indonesian official in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said the five were being treated at different hospitals -- Al-Noor and Ajyad in Mecca, King Fahd in Jeddah and Uhud in Medina.

Without going into detail, Wardhani said the condition of the five was improving and they would be flown home soon.

They are: Roisyaten bin Dahlan, who suffers from lung inflammation, Fadlan bin Machyar (meningitis), Idris bin Songke (unspecified illness) and Abdul Karin bin Sarban and Ahmad bin Mansur, who are still in a coma. --Antara