Iran Army Sets Up Field Hospitals on Border to Serve Arbaeen Pilgrims
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As the Arbaeen season has gained momentum with huge crowds of people traveling to Iraq to pay tribute to Imam Hussein (AS), the Iranian Army has built five makeshift hospitals along the common border to provide medical services for the pilgrims.
The Iranian Army’s deputy commander for executive affairs said on Wednesday that the Army units have set up five field hospitals at the Shalamcheh, Chazzabeh, Mehran, Khosravi and Tamarchin border crossings along the common border with Iraq to offer medical services to the Arbaeen pilgrims.
According to General Amir Mohammad Mahmoudi, all makeshift hospitals are furnished with intensive care units, operating rooms, anesthesia sections, dental units, pharmacies, as well as stationary and mobile emergency units.
He noted that the Army has also erected 17 pavilions and congregation halls at the western and southeastern border crossings to provide food, beverage, accommodation and medical services for the pilgrims traveling to Iraq for the religious commemoration of Arbaeen.
The general said pilgrims from the neighboring countries crossing Iran to travel to Karbala can also the services available in the Army pavilions and hospitals.
Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has announced that more than 2 million Iranian pilgrims have traveled to Iraq for the Arbaeen pilgrimage as of Tuesday, predicting that the number may hit 4 million.
The Iraqi city of Karbala, where the holy shrine of the third Shiite imam -Imam Hussein (AS)- is located, is swarming with millions of devoted Muslims marking Arbaeen, known as the largest religious gathering in the world.
