Red Crescent - Public Safety

The red crescent is used to identifying medical emergency service humanitarian centers around the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, providing ambulances, first aid clinics and hospitals. 

The red crescent is easily identifiable, and one of its major duties is providing health care crisis management for millions of religious pilgrims who have traveled to Saudi Arabia from countries around the globe for the annual Hajj. 

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Red Crescent

The red crescent is emergency medical services and clinics, much like the familiar red cross symbol in America.  

Red Crescent in Saudi Arabia

The symbol for hospitals and medical clinics here in Saudi Arabia is the red crescent.  We have found the medical care here to be excellent and affordable, although in recent years prices have gone up a bit.  But it's still way cheaper than costs of medical care in the US. We don't have insurance here either.