Medical Detachment of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine to follow an emergency plan for the Mid-Shaban Visitation + Pic

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In order to provide better health, curative and preventive services for pilgrims in the Mid-Shaban visitation, medical detachment of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine announced to follow an emergency plan in coordination with the Department of Health in Karbala city. This was announced by the vice head of the detachment, Hashim Mohamed Ghosn. He added: "many medical detachments were opened in the area between the Two Holy Shrines and the crowded places and also in the host of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine on the Karbala-Najaf road in coordination with the Department of Health in Karbala city by sending a cadre of doctors and nurses to work in these detachments in addition to the health personnel working in the detachments. A doctor or assistant medical will be in each medical detachment and according to plan put in advance and the geographical area wherein they are located, equipped with all the requirements and needs of essential medicines for emergencies and minor medical devices, bottled of oxygen. Cadres were trained and prepared with experienced to deal with the patient working 24 a day. "  Adding, "The plan includes deployment of a number of ambulances equipped with all materials and first aid , a car for each medical detachment with medical staff."  Explaining, "Al-Abbas Holy Shrine and the health department in the holy city of Karbala have provided medicines and health supplies adequate to this visit, in addition to drugs that reached the Holy Shrine by volunteers"  He explained: " visitors have to beware eating food distributed on the roads from unknown sources and rely on official motorcades equipped with special IDs"  It is noteworthy that the Department of Health in the holy city of Karbala and in coordination with medical detachments of the Two Holy Shrines and other detachments have initiated the implementation of procedures for the purpose of providing treatment and health services for visitors in the Mid-Shaban Visit. The health and technical staffs will work to provide treatments and delivery services, as (1000 ) bottle of blood have been provided during the days of the visit, with the coordination with health departments in Najaf and Bebel to develop a specialized surgical team to be on standby in the emergency events./129