The Emergency and Field Medicine Committee of the Ministry of Health has prepared 135 ambulances supported by 350 doctors and technicians to provide the best medical services for pilgrims in the holy sites. Dr. Tariq Bin Salim Al-A'rnos, Director General of the Emergency Department of the Ministry of Health and the Committee's Chairman, said that the workforce has completed arrangements at emergency centers at Jamarat Bridge, noting that there are 17 emergency centers that are provided with 130 doctors and nurses to work round-the-clock. He commended coordination with Saudi Red Crescent Authority to benefit from the services of five air ambulances. Meanwhile, as many as 408 hospitals have been providing quality health services in the Kingdom with the support of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, who has provided the Ministry of Health with SR16 billion in addition to increasing its budget this year by 12 percent compared to the last year's budget which totaled SR29.519 billion. The Ministry of Health has achieved great progress in the treatment of a number of diseases, especially cardiac surgeries, and hospitals have conducted dozens of successful operations in implanting livers and hearts. The Kingdom has also achieved outstanding success in the separation of conjoined twins in implementation of the King's directives. As many as 30 surgeries for separating conjoined twins have been conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City of National Guard in Riyadh.
