Pilgrim saved after cardiac arrest while performing Umrah

In a swift and commendable response, the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) successfully intervened to save the life of an Indonesian pilgrim who experienced a cardiac arrest while performing the rituals of Umrah in the Grand Mosque of



Makkah.

The SRCA’s emergency teams reached the site within a remarkable four-minute window, finding the pilgrim, a man in his fifties, unconscious and not breathing within the sacred precincts of the Al-Masaa area, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.