Five prospective Hajj pilgrims from Bengkulu still receiving treatment in Saudi Arabian hospitals

Bengkulu (ANTARA) - Five prospective Hajj pilgrims from Bengkulu Province are still undergoing treatment in hospitals in Saudi Arabia as of Thursday due to various health problems experienced during the Hajj pilgrimage in 1447 Hijriah. “Five Bengkulu prospective Hajj pilgrims are still being treated in Saudi Arabian hospitals. Based on reports from the Hajj Health Programme of the Bengkulu Provincial Health Office, these five pilgrims are being treated at different hospitals in Madinah and Makkah with various diagnoses,” said Kurniawan Arianto Abdul Gani, the Person in Charge of the Hajj Health Programme at the Bengkulu Provincial Health Office, in Bengkulu on Thursday. According to him, the pilgrims still receiving treatment are Amsir Mustofa Abdul from Bengkulu City, who is being treated at Saudi German Hospital in Madinah; Zaleka Ramli Yakub from Bengkulu City, treated at Saudi German Hospital in Madinah; and Siti Arwani Jain Remasalan from Bengkulu City, treated at Al Noor Hospital in Makkah. Overall, the total number of Hajj pilgrims from Bengkulu Province who have been dispatched to Saudi Arabia is 1,337 people. Some 170 are in Madinah and 1,166 have arrived in Makkah to perform the obligatory Umrah. In addition, healthcare services in the kloter on Thursday recorded 159 visits, with a cumulative total of 1,011 visits. The most common diagnoses among the pilgrims are upper respiratory tract infections (ISPA), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, myalgia, and arthralgia.