Died In Armuzna Phase Down Compared To Last Year

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JAKARTA - Saudi Arabia's Hajj administrators (PPIH) reported that the number of Indonesian pilgrims who died in the Arafah, Muzdalifah, and Mina (Armuzna) phases in 2024 fell compared to last year's Hajj season.

Head of the PPIH health sector Indro Murwoko said there were 40 Indonesian Hajj participants who died during this period. A total of 11 people died in Arafah, and 29 people died in Mina.

"The congregation died, overall there were 40 (people). From that data, it was divided into deaths in Saudi Arabia's tents, health posts, and hospitals, both in Arafah and Mina," he said in Makkah, Saturday, June 22.

The integrated hajj computerization system (Siskohat) recorded that the number of Hajj participants who died in the Armuzna period in 2023 was 64 people, consisting of 13 people died in Arafah, and 51 people in Mina.

He said Indonesian pilgrims who died in the Holy Land received treatment according to procedures. When a hajj dies, health workers will make a certificate of death (COD).

After that, the officer will coordinate with the Maktab office or sector office or the Daker office to complete other administrative requirements, such as a letter of willingness to be buried.

"After the administration is prepared, it is usually submitted to Masyariq or Maktab for the restoration process," he said.

The Armuzna period began on 8 Zulhijjah along with the departure of Indonesian pilgrims from the hotel in Makkah to Arafah to undergo wukuf. From Arafah, the congregation moved to Muzdalifah for mabit (staying), and continued to Mina.

The congregation stayed at Mina for at least three days, since 10 Zulhijjah. The peak phase of the hajj ended on 14 Zulhijjah, marked by the return of the congregation who took Nafar Tsani from Mina to a hotel in Makkah.

Given the hot weather in Saudi, while waiting for the return schedule, Indro advised the congregation to limit their activities outside the hotel. Especially for pilgrims with high risk health conditions (risti) and the elderly (elderly).

According to him, the assumption that spending the remaining time in the Holy Land to increase activities without caring about health conditions is wrong. In fact, it can be dangerous.