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المملكة: 11 aircraft enhance the readiness of the air ambulance to serve the pilgrims during the Hajj season


Continue The Saudi Red Crescent enhances its operational readiness during Hajj season by activating the Guests of the Most Gracious in Mecca and the Holy Sites.
The authority explained that it had deployed an integrated fleet of air ambulance aircraft, which included operating 11 aircraft equipped with the latest medical equipment, supported by a network that includes 7 strategic airstrips distributed in Mecca and the Holy Sites, ensuring rapid access to emergency cases and their transfer to health facilities with high efficiency.

Enhancing the efficiency of rapid response

The Red Crescent indicated that The air ambulance system covers a wide area in Mecca and the Holy Sites, as the airstrips have been equipped to facilitate evacuation and medical transport operations, which enhances the efficiency of rapid response, and supports the arrival of ambulance teams to critical cases in high-density locations and within the scope of health facilities, within an integrated system that supports emergency plans during the Hajj season.

The Authority confirmed that air ambulance aircraft play a pivotal role in supporting seasonal ambulance services, through the speedy transport of patients and injured, and the implementation of evacuation operations. Medical services between health facilities.
In addition to transporting specialized medical teams to locations with high density and emergency cases, which enhances the quality of emergency care provided to the guests of God.

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