Medical Experts Caution Nigerian Pilgrims On Best Practices During 2018 Hajj

Nigerian Hajj Medical Team on Monday in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, advised Nigerian explorers to the blessed urban areas of Makkah and Madinah against natural dangers emerging from brutal climate conditions amid the 2018 Hajj.

Dr Muhammad Abdulkadir, Head of the Medical Team, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that "the most imperative wellbeing exhortation to explorers currently is to keep up individual cleanliness and watch natural sanitation".

"They should eat well and dodge shoddy nourishment from merchants that are not confirmed and they should take sufficient water as they move around.

"The climate in Madinah is exceptionally unforgiving and the temperatures are high, so explorers are at the danger of getting got dried out. In this way, they require a lot of water every now and again."

He said the group had taken satisfactory measures to take care of restorative needs of travelers in the Holy land, including that eight individuals, including medical attendants and five specialists, were at that point on ground in front of entry of pioneers in Madinah.

Abdulkadir said the group had prepared its medications and hardware from Jeddah lastly settled its primary center in Madinah at NAHCON office.

"We have set up two effort focuses close to our travelers to give prompt medical aid treatment administrations and the individuals who require other administration will be transported in our ambulances to the principle center.

"There is course of action where extreme cases that need affirmation will be alluded to Saudi medicinal and reference focuses. We are completely prepared to remove our activities on the grounds that our medications and gear are flawless."

Abdulkadir included that medication and gear supply to the group would not be done without a moment's delay, "it is finished by needs and what we have now is satisfactory to begin our tasks".

The medicinal specialist clarified that there was a standard Procurement Committee in charge of acquisition and supply of therapeutic hardware, including that another arrangement of drug specialists was required before long to join the activity.

Inquired as to whether the group had taken care of patients after the entry of the main cluster of explorers from Kogi, he said one of them had a minor medicinal issue on landing and had been dealt with.

Journalists who went by the offices in Madinah, detailed that a group of specialists, drug specialists and medical caretakers was seen dealing with drugs while others were found in both male and female wards.

The offices have arrangements for conference, treatment of patients, authoritative issues and other minor wellbeing related issues.

The medicinal faculty were among the National Advance Team that landed in Madinah two weeks back to culminate courses of action for a fruitful Hajj activity by Nigeria.