Mr Kana, in an email, said the late pilgrim had no history of previous illness as she was duly examined alongside the other pilgrims before being passed to embark on the journey He said:
“no history of previous illness after going through our Electronic Health Medical Records”.He also said the Nigerian team had already informed the “muassasa,” the Saudi group in charge of Nigerian pilgrims.
Mr Kana said the probable cause of her death is “Myocardial Infarctions but we are yet to conclude the verbal autopsy”.
He said Katsina State Government has been informed and that it is their responsibility to transmit information to the deceased family accordingly.
Over 13,000 Nigerians have travelled for this year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. More are still expected to travel for the Islamic religious rite.
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