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A group of 500 volunteer women will provide emergency first aid and medical services to female Umrah visitors in the Grand Mosque.

June 24, 2014

Zain Anbar

 


Zain Anbar

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

 





JEDDAH — A group of 500 volunteer women will provide emergency first aid and medical services to female Umrah visitors in the Grand Mosque.



The head of the group, Mashael Al-Shamrani, said these women have received intensive training on how to deal with emergency situations with female Umrah visitors of various nationalities.



She pointed out that the group which includes doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, will be dispersed in 10 locations inside the Grand Mosque, and will work until the 29th of Ramadan.



Over five million Umrah pilgrims have already arrived in the Kingdom and their number is expected to rise tremendously with the start of the holy month of Ramadan.


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