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Pilgrims to perform Hajj this year: This is the first time after a three-year hiatus due to Covid that such a large number of pilgrims have gathered for the pilgrimage. Photo/Reuters

2 Maldivian Hajj pilgrims in critical condition

All the Maldivian pilgrims are in good health except for the two who are being treated in the ICU, Anil said.

28 June 2023

Two Maldivian pilgrims are being treated in the ICU after fall ill while on their Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Islamic ministry said on Tuesday.

State minister for Islamic affairs Mohammed Anil said on PSM's live coverage of Hajj that two elderly people were in critical condition. Without giving further details, he said the two men were taken to Arafat.

According to Anil:

  • The Saudi government also takes sick pilgrims to Arafat in ambulances with oxygen

  • The two Maldivians in the ICU had to be taken that way

All the Maldivian pilgrims are in good health except for the two who are being treated in the ICU, Anil said. 

A thousand people from Maldives went for Hajj this year.

After a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Hajj pilgrimage was held at full capacity this year, with two million people from across the Muslim participating in holiest of Muslim worships. 

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