As a keynote speaker of the ceremony in Mashhad, Dr. Seyyed Heidar Mohammadi, head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, referred to the special position of the holy shrine’s Dar al-Shifa in view of pilgrims, saying: “Expansion of the pharmacy in this medical center is very effective in promotion of services offered to the pilgrims”.
The CEO of Imam Reza shrine’s Medical Institute, Dr. Mahdi Soltanifar, also said: “With regard to the increasing number of clients at Dar al-Shifa, transfer of pharmacy of the center to its new place was put on the agenda. The new place is much spacious and gives better access to the pilgrims and citizens”.
Soltanifar further said: “With regard to the emphasis laid by the custodian of the shrine Hoj. Marvi for upgrading old equipment of the center, some new devices including a new radiology machine were imported from Germany and installed at the place. This new device has faster processing and can store more images with lower radiation dose”.
Briefing participants of the ceremony on activities of the center, he said: “Something between two to three thousand people enjoy services of this center every day and this number reach 16 thousand on special occasions of the year”.
The CEO of Imam Reza shrine’s Medical Institute went on to say: “To provide full supports for the pilgrims and visitors of Imam Reza shrine, various types of concessions are offered to the clients of the center during special occasions of the year such as the time marking the last ten days of the lunar month of Safar and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza (AS) when the city is full of incoming pilgrims for the occasion”.
The ceremony was held in the presence of a number of officials of Imam Reza shrine and Ministry of Health and Medical Education at Quds Commercial Complex of Mashhad.