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A major operational highlight this year was the rollout of 54 vehicles—ambulances, off-road relief trucks, and field units—provided by the Iranian Red Crescent Society and local resources to safeguard pilgrims’ health.
Emergency medical posts were also set up outside the border, in Iraq’s Sheib area near Chazabeh and in Shalamcheh, to enhance healthcare delivery. At the three Red Crescent medical centers, volunteer healthcare staff treated more than 14,500 patients for respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, ocular, dermatological, trauma, and heat-related conditions. Prescribed medicines were dispensed free of charge.
In addition, 3,100 people received paramedical services, including ECG tests, oxygen therapy, IV infusions, suturing, and injections.
From the start of the mass pilgrimage until now, over 14,300 people have received rescue services at the Shalamcheh and Chazabeh borders and along the Tariq al-Hussein route. Since July 30, 310 people were treated on site, while 92 others were transported by ambulance to medical facilities.
Preventive health measures included blood pressure and blood sugar screenings for more than 13,900 pilgrims—10,250 at Shalamcheh and 3,650 at Chazabeh.