Pilgrims arriving Nigeria from Saudi Arabia
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says 22 Nigerians have died during this year’s pilgrimage.
Dr Ibrahim Kana, Head, National Medical Team, disclosed this at a meeting between NAHCON delegation and members of the Bangladesh Hajj Office in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
He said the number represented 0.20 percent of the more than 62,000 pilgrims who performed the pilgrimage.
He said NAHCON had introduced a national medical team to harmonise and properly coordinate health delivery during the exercise.
Kana said the team was worried at the rising cases of sudden death and had decided to perform oral autopsy to ascertain the reasons.
He said the team also installed scanning machines at airports to check cases of women who travel for the pilgrimage while carrying pregnancy.
Earlier the Counsellor of the Bangladesh Hajj Office, Muhammad…
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