Khalid Obeid Dhafar, FRCS¹, Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, MB, ChB, PhD², Abdul Fatah Sindy, MBBS, MD³, Mian Usman Farooq, MBBS, MSc⁴

Objective. This study highlighted the activity of Mutahassaneen Area during Hajj-1427 Hijra (H).

Methodology. This Study was a retrospective observational review of those Hajj patients who stayed in the Mutahassaneen Area "a temporary ward opened adjacent to Al-noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, KSA, for 21 days for transaction of discharged Hajj patients from inpatients and emergency wards to their respective Hajj missions or groups". Subjects’ demography, diagnosis, with dates and timings of admission and discharge was collected. Data was analysed by SPSS version 13. A p-value <0.05 was considered significant.

Results. Study included 619 patients with predominantly males 426 (68.8%). Majority of subjects 373 (60.3%) stayed <2 hours in area as well as <2 days in wards 355 (57.4%). Females spent lesser time than males in area (p=0.02). Males stayed longer in wards as well as in area (linear regression p- value=0.005). Circulatory system diseases counted maximum 186 (30%). A difference was found among stay of different diagnostic groups in area (p=0.05) as well as in wards (p<0.001). Arabic countries Hajjes were maximum 186 (30%) and Iranian spent least time in the area (1.2 hours).

Conclusion. Males were predominant and females spent less time in area. Diseases of circulatory system and Hajj visitors of Arabic world were dominant.