Okaz/Saudi Gazette

MAKKAH — The ambulance teams from the Saudi Red Crescent Authority in Makkah have succeeded in restoring the pulse of an Indian pilgrim when his heart stopped while performing Umrah at the Grand Mosque.

Dr. Mustafa Baljoun, director general of the authority’s branch in Makkah, said that the medical command and control room at the authority received an information at 9:44 a.m. on Sunday about the a case of a pilgrim who fainted after his heart had stopped while performing the ritual of sa’i through the track for wheelchairs at mas’a (area for the ritual of sa’i between Safa and Marwa) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah.

Upon the arrival of the medical ambulance team, it was found that there was a man in his sixties who was lying on the ground unconscious and was unable to breathing.

He said that the ambulance teams made a rapid intervention immediately and started CPR through the shock device until the pulse returned to the normal state.

The patient was transferred to Ajyad General Hospital where he was convalescing at the intensive care unit.