Facilities provided for Hajis' Welfare

1. The Indian Government deputes a large number of administrative and medical staff for the welfare of Hajis. The Indian Haj Mission opens branch offices and Medical Dispensaries in Makkah and Medina put together. These branch offices and Dispensaries are in addition to the two offices at both cities which run throughout the year. The Branch Offices and Dispensaries Makkah are opened in such a way that these are located in the areas of buildings of our Haj pilgrims around the Haram Sharief.  The four dispensaries in Madina are also situated around the Masid-e-Nabawi. There is a modern 50-bedded hospital being established in the Ajyad area of holy Makkah so that no wing of service to pilgrims, whether it is related to general amenities or medical facilities, is left ignored.  The Indian Haj Office is also shifted to a new and more spacious building near to the Haram Sharief in the Ajyad area for the convenience of pilgrims last year.

2. Pilgrims should take care of their health and keep themselves protected from the hot sun and the cold nights as well as the cool temperatures inside the rooms. They should drink plenty of water and try to eat citrus fruits to build up resistance. The doctors and dispensaries are there to help in case medication is needed. The common complaints are of dehydration, sunstroke, cold and cough, flu, stomach upset, scraped thighs and blisters on the feet.  In case of hospitalization, the Indian Haj Mission doctors would ensure that pilgrims are looked after well in the Saudi hospitals and their progress monitored regularly.

3. To bring medical facilities closer to you, we have constituted several mobile medical teams which will visit your buildings on and off and take note of your health requirements so that such old and feeble pilgrims, who are  unable to visit branch and Haj office-Dispensaries, may avail of medical facilities right in their rooms.