For his part, Dr. Bandar Ba Raheem, spokesman of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA), the authority recruited for this Hajj season 3,645 doctors, including 1,800 technicians and ambulance specialists working on 550 vehicles where 9 planes with technical and medical cadres in Arafat and Shemaise Airstrips in addition to King Faisal Airbase in Jeddah. "Within the SRCA plans in this Hajj season, there 160 ambulance centers, including 29 centers in the seas, air and land ports in addition to the roads leading to Makkah and the holy sites. There are 46 points for the medical teams at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque," he added. Dr. Bandar stressed that 445 ambulances are equipped with medical and technical requirements. --More 19:49 LOCAL TIME 16:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w