Functional Analysis of Mutahassaneen Area during Hajj 1427Hijra
Journal Title: Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (MJMS) - Year 2010, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective. This study highlighted the activity of Mutahassaneen Area during Hajj-1427 Hijra (H). Methodology. This Study was a retrospective observational review of those Hajj patients who stayed in the Mutahassaneen Area “a temporary ward opened adjacent to Al-noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, KSA, for 21 days for transaction of discharged Hajj patients from inpatients and emergency wards to their respective Hajj missions or groupsâ€. Subjects’ demography, diagnosis, with dates and timings of admission and discharge was collected. Data was analysed by SPSS version 13. A p-value <0.05 was considered significant. Results. Study included 619 patients with predominantly males 426 (68.8%). Majority of subjects 373 (60.3%) stayed <2 hours in area as well as <2 days in wards 355 (57.4%). Females spent lesser time than males in area (p=0.02). Males stayed longer in wards as well as in area (linear regression pvalue=0.005). Circulatory system diseases counted maximum 186 (30%). A difference was found among stay of different diagnostic groups in area (p=0.05) as well as in wards (p<0.001). Arabic countries Hajjes were maximum 186 (30%) and Iranian spent least time in the area (1.2 hours). Conclusion. Males were predominant and females spent less time in area. Diseases of circulatory system and Hajj visitors of Arabic world were dominant.
Authors and Affiliations
Khalid Obeid Dhafar, FRCS| General Surgery Consultant, Holy Capital Health Affairs Director General, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, MB, ChB, PhD| Health Research Centre Director, Consultant Diabetologist, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Abdul Fatah Sindy, MBBS, MD| Head of Emergency Department, Consultant Emergency Medicine, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Mian Usman Farooq, MBBS, MSc| Medical Research Officer, Health Research Centre, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- DOI 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2010.0093
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