The International Review already mentioned last month that the ICRC has decided to prolong its medical activity at the Uqhd Hospital, as well as through its mobile medical teams. This activity continues to be considerable and the brief information given below, covering a period of several weeks, gives sufficient proof of this:

During the first fortnight of April, as a result of the departure of pilgrims to Mecca the number of patients at the Uqhd hospital declined from 50 to 44. During the same period, the polyclinic treated 792 cases of which 215 were new.