Tracking the next pandemic: Avian Flu Talk |
Mina hospital treats hundreds |
Post Reply |
Author | |
arirish
Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: October 17 2013 at 8:39am |
Mina's Al-Jasr hospital has treated hundreds of mostly elderly patients suffering from dehydration and chest infections over the past few days, the facility’s director said here on Wednesday.
Hasan Zahrani told Arab News that on the first day of the ritual stoning of the devil, the hospital handled 320 pilgrims with these ailments, including some who fainted in the heat. The Al-Jasr hospital is the largest medical facility in Mina. Arab News saw ambulances arriving every four to five minutes with ill patients. Zahrani said that five surgeries and 1,224 laboratory tests were carried out on Wednesday. The hospital has 500 staff members working around the clock. The hospital will close after Dhul Hijja 15 and all inpatients will be transferred to Mina Emergency Hospital. There are 15 hospitals with 3,256 beds providing services for pilgrims in Makkah and the holy sites. These hospitals are equipped with emergency services, intensive care units and operating theaters. This is in addition to 175 health centers — 75 in Makkah, 46 in Arafat, 44 in Mina, six in Muzdalifah, and two inside and on the rooftop at the Ajyad entrance of the Grand Mosque. There are seven seasonal health centers at different entry points in Makkah. There is a special airstrip for air ambulances from Mina and Arafat for critical cases. All Ministry of Health hospitals are connected to a central system to track patient’s data. |
|
Buy more ammo!
|
|
cobber
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
An overloaded hospital system and MERS on the loose. A recipe for disaster.
Suppose we will all know in about two weeks.
|
|
arirish
Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Today was the final feast day so they'll start heading home this weekend!
|
|
Buy more ammo!
|
|
cobber
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
This weekend eh... The gestation is 7-10 days. Some might be half way through, so hospitals will be receiving cases with in the week. Then they have to be diagnosed which could take anywhere up to a week or so. Maybe more
So by my calculations we are looking at November 1st the earliest to be hearing reports from around the world.
|
|
arirish
Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
This will be true in the USA, Europe and most industrialized countries but the majority of pilgrims are from 3rd world countries that have limited resources and medical facilities. |
|
Buy more ammo!
|
|
carbon20
Moderator Joined: April 08 2006 Location: West Australia Status: Offline Points: 65816 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Hong Kong
HEALTH
MERS virus checks stepped up at airport as haj pilgrims returnScreeners at airport check for Mers symptoms in travellers coming home from Saudi Arabia PUBLISHED : Sunday, 20 October, 2013, 6:57am UPDATED : Sunday, 20 October, 2013, 6:57am Lana Lam lana.lam@scmp.com More than a dozen extra health screeners are on high alert at Chek Lap Kok airport this month looking for anyone returning from Saudi Arabia who may show signs of the deadly human Mers virus, which has already claimed 60 lives and comes from the same family as Sars. Of the 139 cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, most have occurred in Saudi Arabia, raising global health concerns this month as millions of pilgrims flocked to the Muslim holy city of Mecca for the annual haj, which finished on Thursday. The haj is considered one of the biggest religious gatherings in the world, with more than two million pilgrims making the journey this year. About 200 Muslims from Hong Kong are currently in Mecca, most of whom are travelling in one of four specially organised groups. In September, health officials gave talks on Mers to the four groups, detailing signs and symptoms of the virus, incubation period and how to avoid it. Nine local travel agencies also attended Mers briefings organised by the Port Health Office, with tour guides advised to encourage groups to be vigilant about their health on the trip. Most pilgrims will stay for another week or two to visit other holy locations near Mecca, with those from Hong Kong expected to return home later this month. This year, the Saudi government restricted the number of overseas Muslims allowed to attend the haj, but said this was not due to Mers but rather reduced space at the Grand Mosque because of construction. Every year, countries are given a quota of 1,000 pilgrims per one million Muslims. That was cut this year but there is no quota for Hong Kong given its relatively small Muslim population. Meanwhile, health chiefs in Hong Kong said they were closely monitoring the most recent case of Mers, involving a 61-year-old man from Qatar who tested positive for the virus after he was admitted to hospital on October 11. Since April, an extra 15 health assistants have joined the team of 70 airport screeners who conduct random temperature checks of travellers from the Arabian Peninsula and neighbouring countries. "The Centre for Health Protection will continue its surveillance mechanism at public and private hospitals, with practising doctors at the airport for any suspected case of Mers," a spokesman said. All pilgrims must go through a health check before they are given a visa for the haj. At a talk on Wednesday about the haj and its relevance to Hong Kong Muslims, anthropology lecturer Paul O'Connor said, "There's been a lot of concern about this virus". He said: "[The] haj is a place where we are always concerned about health." Often, pilgrims suffered from the "haj cough" when they got home, he said. Last year, one of the imams who led a group of pilgrims returned to Hong Kong and was admitted to hospital for observation because he was ill. There are about 260,000 Muslims living in Hong Kong, the majority of whom are Indonesians. About 30,000 are ethnic Chinese Muslims. This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as Virus checks stepped up as haj pilgrims return |
|
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖
Marcus Aurelius |
|
Loverman
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
this could be it. kiss the children
|
|
cobber
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
World Health Organisation says no need to screen. See their latest reports. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_10_18/en/index. - http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_10_18/en/index.html
Why has Hong Kong chosen to screen? What do they know that we don't? |
|
arirish
Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Hong Kong was hit hard by SARS! They know about Corona Viruses and how to control them. Every one should be screening! |
|
Buy more ammo!
|
|
jacksdad
Executive Admin Joined: September 08 2007 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 47251 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Yep - they've been through this before.
|
|
"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
|
cobber
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Once bitten twice shy
|
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You can vote in polls in this forum |