MAKKAH – Mayor Osama Al-Bar on Monday made an inspection tour of a number of development projects implemented by the mayoralty at the holy sites. The tour also covered several service centers, public utilities and other projects implemented recently in Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat. Al-Bar visited the office of the Makkah governorate and mayoralty in Arafat. He then inspected the new projects such as pedestrian roads, pavements and lighting facilities, as well as projects in the squares around Mount Arafat. He directed officials to complete the remaining projects well before the Haj. In Mina, Al-Bar inspected a number of new service centers and residential buildings for cleaning workers. He was briefed on the preparedness of these centers to render the best possible services to the pilgrims. Al-Bar met heads of a number of departments and centers associated with providing service to pilgrims. He directed the officials to ensure flawless implementation of cleaning projects. Meanwhile, Al-Bar signed a contract with a firm for provision of five solar garbage compactors to be used around Jamrat in Mina during Haj. The contract is worth SR995,000. He said that the mayoralty has readied about 1,100 electric garbage compactors, nine solar compactors, and 131 ground tanks with a total capacity to hold more than 14,000 tons of garbage. In addition, there will be 4,000 garbage boxes, each with a capacity of 240 liters, at the holy sites. Jabal Al-Rahma Hospital gears up to serve pilgrims Meanwhile, Jabal Al-Rahma Hospital in Arafat has completed all preparations to receive pilgrims. Dr. Wail Mutair, director of the hospital, said at present 20 outpatient clinics will be operational round-the-clock. The hospital consists of 140 beds, including 14-bed emergency section, three-bed observation room, 17-bed intensive care unit, three-bed surgical room, two-bed isolation room, and four-bed dialysis unit. Mutair said that a total of 310 staffers will assume duty from the beginning of Dhul Hijjah to start operation of the hospital for serving the pilgrims. The staffers include 31 specialists, 35 general physicians, 44 administrative staff, in addition to other paramedical staff.
