Dr. Jubril Sulaiman who lead the Nigerian medical team to this year's Hajj, Thur

pilgrims that participated in the exercise this year.The disclosure was made in Makkah at theMisfalah 2 clinic for Nigeria during the inspection of facilities by the Federal Government delegation led by the Amirul Hajj and Oba of Lagos, Oba Ridwanu Akiolu.Dr. Sulaiman while briefing Amirul Hajj of what the centre has been doing from the beginning of the Hajj exercises till date, said, "Compare to previous years, we recorded lower number of death this year.As of present, we have recorded 19 deaths and seven psychiatric cases. This islargely due to anxiety and stress that come with Hajj which we have been able to manage and the psychiatric cases are normal now."We recorded more female death than male with 11 female and 8 male. Lagos and Sokoto recorded 3 death cases each due to cancer, heart problems, leukemia, diabetes etc with about 64 per cent of them being above 50 years of age," Sulaiman explained.He however added that 70 percent of the death occured in Makkah while the remaining happened in Madinah.As at the time of filing this report, Sulaiman said there are 41 Nigerians presently under observation in various hospitals in the Kingdom while 12 cases have been referred to Saudi Hospital.Dr. Sulaiman noted that his team went round hospitals in Saudi and found six Nigerians in two hospitals and that their condition is stable.Speaking also on Ebola outbreak, Sulaiman said no Nigerian pilgrim shows any sign of Ebola since the beginning of the exercise saying most cases of death occured more among the international pilgrims.In his response, the Amirul Hajj commended the medical team for the tracking, monitoring and prompt response to the Nigerian pilgrims.He also commended the federal government for its support for the Hajj operations.The delegation also visited pilgrims from Lagos, Kebbi, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and states in South South and South East geo-political zones of Nigeria. The message of Oba of Lagos during the visits is for pilgrims to remain law abiding and patient as the airlifting schedule for returnjourney will be executed as announced by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).


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Na wah o. Its like some people deliberately go 2 meccah to die or why wil people suffering from terminal diseases such as cancer nd leukemia travel this far? Nsogbu dikwa na obodo umu anumanu!

Ouch!!