The Ministry of Health has called on Saudi doctors who are not working during the Hajj season this year to register with the ministry and contribute in humanitarian efforts to help the pilgrims, a senior ministry official said here yesterday. Dr. Redha Khaleel, adviser and head of the Hajj Preparation Committee at the ministry, said that out of necessity, the ministry is recruiting only 50 doctors and 100 nurses for ER purposes from abroad during this year's Hajj. “Local doctors who are not working during Hajj are welcome to participate,” he said, adding that medical personnel would be mainly required to work in ER. Announcing the ministry's plans this year for Hajj, the official said that Mount Arafat Hospital would be renovated at a cost of SR22 million. The improvements would increase the hospital's bed capacity to 250, according to a report published today by Arab News. --MORE
