Grand Mosque in Mekkah - A heartsafe place for Muslim worshippers
Mekkah - Saudi Arabia
Fifteen life-saving AEDs are installed across the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site, which is a major destination for Muslim worshippers. The AEDs are available at vital places, frequented by millions of Muslims from across the globe around the year to offer prayers and perform Umrah or minor pilgrimage.
Five AEDs are to be found at the main gates of the mosques, five others at the mataf or circumambulation area around the Holy Kaaba, and additional five at the Third Extension of the mosque.
A vital network
A crucial network, often deployed!
The automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed throughout the Holy Mosque of Makkah were used 19 times during 2023 by visitors, volunteers, or mosque employees.
