IranPress/Middle East: An Iranian doctor in Hajj Medical Centre of Iran's Red Crescent Society office in Mecca said in an interview: "This Hajj Medical Centre has 65 beds and all the specialty medical services, except those which are related to surgery, are provided for Iranian pilgrims.
"Meanwhile the surgical services are also provided by Hajj Medical Centre for Iranian pilgrims through asking Saudi to provide their hospitals for the service", he added
"All hospitalization services including, CCU, radiology and … are provided in our hospitals", the Iranian doctor noted.
Another doctor of Hajj Medical Centre in Mecca said "this Centre provided all medical services to Iranian pilgrims. Except this Centre, there are five clinics in different parts of Mecca which provide specialty and general medical services including heart disease services to the pilgrims.
Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca and is associated with the life of Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Mecca was the birthplace of Muhammad and is regarded as the holiest city in Islam.
The tradition involved thousands of Muslims travelling to Mecca for the week of the Hajj in order to undertake a series of rituals. It is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be undertaken at least once in their lives, for all those fit and able.
In Hajj,The pilgrims shave their heads, perform an animal sacrifice and celebrate Eid al-Adha. The reason for the animal sacrifice is to represent the task Ibrahim was asked to undertake by Allah.
