Health authorities have completed preparations for this year's Haj season, Dr. Sami Badawood, Director of Jeddah Health Affairs, has said. In a press statement, the official pointed out that disease-detection equipment has been deployed at the health centers of King Abdul Aziz International Airport and Jeddah Islamic Port. “Rapid medical intervention teams have also been deployed to deal with emergencies,” he added. He said the centers are equipped with all the necessary medical tools including a modern X-ray system. The X-ray machines has been installed to help detect diseases early. “We have supplied the centers with all kinds of medicines and vaccines. About 579 male and female employees from various parts of the Kingdom are working at the centers round-the-clock,” he said. He said the curative and preventive services at KAIA began on Thursday and would continue until the end of the Haj season. Dr. Badawood disclosed that all health centers at the Kingdom's land and sea entry points as well as hospitals in the holy cities have been provided with a large stock of drugs and vaccines. Abdul Ghani Al-Maliki, Director of the Health Center at King Abdul Aziz International Airport, pointed out that a specialized team will inspect planes coming from countries infected with dengue, Rift Valley fever and plague. “The team will review the health certificates of passengers to see what vaccinations they have had and check to ensure that planes have been sterilized with anti-infectious diseases drugs,” he said.
