The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has introduced a mobile dental clinic for the second consecutive year in the central area around the Grand Mosque in Makkah, to provide free health services for the pilgrims visiting during the 2023 Hajj season. The Makkah Healthcare Cluster has inaugurated the clinic in the area facing the entrance to the Al-Haram Emergency Hospital. The mobile clinics initiative is being implemented in partnership with the private sector, represented by Asen Medical Company, to provide dental health services to Hajj pilgrims free of cost. The project aims to fill the absence of dental services in the area and spare pilgrims from visiting sites outside the Grand Mosque vicinity for treatment.
The mobile clinic comprises 32 medical and operational specialists who work around the clock throughout the Hajj season. The step, in line with the objectives of the Ministry of Health, aims to improve healthcare quality and facilitate pilgrims’ access to health services while raising the efficiency of the provision of these services to the Grand Mosque’s visitors.
The Ministry of Health’s partnership with the private sector aims to provide free quality services to Grand Mosque visitors and is supported and guided by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince, with the follow-up of the Minister of Health to provide the best free health services to the pilgrims.
The mobile clinics initiative is part of multiple qualitative initiatives implemented during the Hajj season each year to provide health services to patients among pilgrims. The clinics also come within the framework of cooperation and integration with the private sector and the keenness to make optimal use of the capabilities and expertise to provide health services and meet the needs of patients.
