SAUDI ARABIA

Patient in critical condition airlifted to Riyadh hospital

A patient in critical condition was evacuated by a Medevac plane from Al-Aflaj General Hospital to one of the specialist hospitals in Riyadh on Friday. The patient was accompanied by a medical team. There have been several instances of patients evacuated from various regions in the Kingdom to Riyadh by air ambulance. The most common cause for the airlift was organ transplantation surgeries. — Okaz photo