As many as 300 pilgrims, who fell sick on their way to Hajj and were hospitalized in Makkah and Almadinah Almunawarah, were given unprecedented chances to attend Arafat, the peak and most important ritual of Hajj, it was reported today. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, the Minister of Health Dr. Hamad Alman'a, said 33 buses and ten ambulances transferred some 300 sick pilgrims from hospitals in Makkah and Almadinah Almunawarah to three hospitals in Arafat, enabling them to attend Hajj, Islam's fifth pillar.
