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Diseases pattern among patients attending Holy Mosque (Haram) Medical Centers during Hajj 1434 (2013)

Abdulrahman R. Bakhsh, Abdulfattah I. Sindy, Mostafa J. Baljoon, Khalid O. Dhafar, Zohair J. Gazzaz, Mukhtiar Baig, Basma A. Deiab and Fauzea T. Al Hothali
Saudi Medical Journal August 2015, 36 (8) 962-966; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.12120
Abdulrahman R. Bakhsh
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulfattah I. Sindy
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mostafa J. Baljoon
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid O. Dhafar
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Zohair J. Gazzaz
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mukhtiar Baig
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Basma A. Deiab
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fauzea T. Al Hothali
From the Emergency Department (Bakhsh), Ajyad Hospital, the Home Care Director (Sindy), the Department of Surgery (Dhafar), Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Dental Department (Baljoon), Qunfudah Health Affairs, Nursing Administration (Deiab, AlHothali), General Directorate of Healthcare Affairs, Makkah, and the Faculty of Medicine (Gazzaz, Baig), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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