Tehran Times- Pilgrims who are travelling to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala to take part in Arba�een rituals are offered with healthcare services provided with Iran�s Emergency Medical Services (EMS), IRNA news agency reported.


Some 235 ambulances, 16 medical ambulance buses, 11 motorlances, and 4 helicopters are dispatched to the westerns borders of Mehran, Chazzabeh, Shalamcheh and the roads leading to Karbala, the EMS head Pir-Hossein Kulivand said.

Additionally, seven field hospitals are set up along the roads, Kulivand added.

Millions of pilgrims gather in Karbala to mark Arba�een annually for some years now. Arba�een commemorates the end of the 40-day mourning period after the killing of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in the battle of Karbala.