Cardiology

Mecca's cardiac hospital describes how it copes with the Hajj

Mecca's cardiac hospital has described how it copes with the huge patient influx during the Hajj and gives details of the echocardiography service in an abstract presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Saudi Heart ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pilgrims pour into Saudi undeterred by MERS fears (Update)

Muslim pilgrims from around the world are pouring into the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, undeterred by the spread of the MERS virus which has killed 284 people in the kingdom.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Saudis question Mecca preparedness as MERS spreads

Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Mecca from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world converge ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Muslim hajj crowds thinned by virus concerns

Muslims from across the world poured Sunday into a sprawling tent city in the Saudi desert before the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage, but the number of the pilgrims this year has been reduced in part by concerns ...

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Saudi says no MERS infections during Ramadan pilgrimage

A large influx of Muslim pilgrims on Saudi Arabia during the fasting month of Ramadan passed without any cases of the MERS coronavirus infection reported, authorities said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Muslim hajj pilgrimage in focus amid MERS virus fears

Virologists are casting a worried eye on this year's Islamic hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia as they struggle with the enigmatic, deadly virus known as MERS which is striking hardest in the kingdom.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Poisoned lotto winner's brother sought more tests

(AP)—The brother of a Chicago man poisoned with cyanide shortly after winning the lottery said Monday he is the family member who asked authorities to reconsider the initial finding that his sibling had died of natural ...