Hyderabad, April 13 -- An Indian pilgrim was recently saved by a specialised medical team after suffering a stroke while performing Umrah rituals at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Emergency teams from the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) in Makkah quickly responded when the elderly man, in his eighties, began showing signs of a stroke that required immediate medical attention.

SRCA personnel activated their emergency stroke protocol and coordinated the patient's urgent transfer to the nearest hospital, where he received the necessary care, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

In a separate incident, an Indonesian pilgrim in his fifties suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest while walking through the Mas'a area. He lost...