New medical travel kit made specifically for Muslim pilgrims
Travel Health and Wellness LLC has designed and released a new medical travel kit designed specifically for the needs of Muslim pilgrims who are travelling for Hajj and Umrah. The Minnesota, US-based company has created the Hajj & Umrah Travel Medical Kit with the help of Muslim medical professionals and a Mayo Clinic physician.
Travel Health and Wellness LLC has designed and released a new medical travel kit designed specifically for the needs of Muslim pilgrims who are travelling for Hajj and Umrah. The Minnesota, US-based company has created the Hajj & Umrah Travel Medical Kit with the help of Muslim medical professionals and a Mayo Clinic physician.
Travel Health and Wellness claims that the kit will allow travelling Muslim pilgrims to treat common injuries or medical emergencies that may occur when on a pilgrimage. Millions of Muslims make the journey to Mecca, Saudi Arabia every year during either Hajj or Umrah, and the huge volume of people in the city can mean that seeking medical attention for minor incidents can be hard. The kit contains a variety of standard first aid equipment, such as band aids, hand sanitiser and safety pins, but also items that are tailored to combat medical emergencies pilgrims my experience, as Rashid Fehmi, CEO of Travel Health and Wellness, explains: “Unlike regular first aid kits, the Hajj & Umrah Travel Medical Kit is made specifically for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims. For example, our kit’s oral rehydration salts are vital as dehydration is a common condition among pilgrims.”
Fehmi, who has performed Hajj three times himself, added: “Considering the heat and crowds during Hajj and Umrah, minor injuries and illnesses are common and immediate medical help is often not available. During Hajj, pilgrims stay one night under the open sky, with no pharmacies or clinics around. The Saudi government provides ambulances, but they are preoccupied with serious conditions.”
The kit is available for purchase for this year’s Hajj on 9 September.