ABSTRACT
Background: Hajj is a religious obligation for the Muslims who can afford and about three million people around the world come to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. Hospital admissions are due to acute diseases and trauma or exacerbation of comorbid conditions. Hajj Caravan, a unique experience, is a program of patients' movement under supervision
Objective: To determine the disease pattern and their status of suitability to go with Hajj caravan in the patients admitted during Hajj-time
Methodology: This was an observational and descriptive study and data of five big hospitals of Makkah, for the year 2013/ 1434H, was collected to see the disease patterns of all the patients, their status regarding permission or refusal to go with Hajj Caravan and whether the matter was discussed with the patients. Resources used for this movement, were also observed. Data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 16
Results: Two hundred and seventeen patients were included in the study, majority from Middle East, African and South Asian countries. Disease patterns was: trauma, 18%, GIT infection 17% and CVS disease 15%. One hundred and ninety seven patients got permission to go with Hajj Caravan and 20 patients were refused. This decision was taken by 2 consultants and mostly it was found to be subjective
Conclusion: Most common disease during Hajj were trauma, gastrointestinal infections and cardio vascular disease. Although Hajj-Caravan is a well-organized movement of patients for a compulsory ritual of Hajj, more structured policies are required related to this unique movement of inpatients from hospitals
ABSTRACT
To identify the frequency and reasons of operations cancellation in 25 Makkah region hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Retrospective evaluation of the rate of surgery .cancellation in 25 hospitals of Makkah region was performed in this study. The data of scheduled surgeries from 15 different surgical specialties was collected from January to December 2013. Frequency and reasons of cancellation of elective surgical cases in different specialty were studied with a view to recommend suggestions for improvement. Data was analyzed on SPSS -16. There are 120 operating rooms [OR] in 25 Makkah region hospitals and during the year 2013, a total of 16,211 surgery cases were listed, and 1,238 [7.6%] cases were canceled. Contribution to total cancellation was highest in orthopedic 33.8% followed by general surgery 27.5%, obstetrics 7.7% and ENT 5.2%. According to category, 42.81% rate of cancellation was patient related, 20.03% facility related, 9.45% due to improper work-up, 1.45% associated with anesthesia, 7.19% related to surgeons, and 18.90% other/ and not recorded reasons. Present study found 7.6% cancelation rate in Makkah region hospitals and three most common causes for cancellations were patients related, facility related and improper work-up