MADINAH: Medical staff at Madinah’s Cardiac Diseases and Surgery Center of Madinah performed open-heart surgery on an Indonesian Hajj pilgrim. The Madinah Health Cluster said that the man, aged in his 60s, arrived to the center’s ER with sharp chest pain. Medical examinations showed he had suffered a cardiac stroke. Staff used a diagnostic catheter to discover severe blockages in three coronary arteries. Medical staff performed open-heart surgery and placed new arteries taken from the patient’s chest and leg. He was transferred to the intensive care unit, then to the inpatient department for rehabilitation. After being discharged, the pilgrim left the center in good health to complete the Hajj rituals.