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Central Java haj pilgrim dies upon landing in Saudi Arabia
The 65-year-old woman from Banjarnegara regency, Central Java complained of feeling dizzy before she collapsed in the airplane that took her and her husband from Surakarta to Medina, Saudi Arabia.
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A worker replaces a strap on a bag for haj pilgrims on Tuesday at the Donohudan haj dormitory in Boyolali, Central Java. (Antara/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho)
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pilgrim from Banjarnegara regency, Central Java, died on May 3 after landing in Saudi Arabia, as hundreds of thousands of Indonesian pilgrims started to arrive for the annual haj under the scorching heat of summer in the Middle Eastern country.
The pilgrim, identified as 65-year-old Daimah, died at 3:12 a.m. local time when she was on a flight from the Surakarta haj embarkation point to Medina, Saudi Arabia. Doctors issued a death certificate for Daimah a day later.
“In the certificate, it was written that she died because of dehydration. But the actual cause of death was perhaps a heart attack,” Surakarta Haj Management Committee (PPIH) spokesperson Gentur Rachma Indriadi said on Monday, as quoted by kompas.com.
Another Surakarta PPIH official Abdul Basir said that her husband claimed that Daimah looked well during the flight and never complained about any health issues.
The husband, Karno Karta Semi, said that his wife asked to use the restroom before getting off the plane. After coming out of the restroom, she complained of feeling dizzy and collapsed.
“The medical team responded immediately, but they could not save her,” Basir said, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
A prayer for the late Daimah was performed at the Nabawi Mosque in Medina before her body was buried at the Baqi cemetery in the city. Karno accompanied Daimah’s body throughout the funeral process.
