Editing Mecca (section)

==Human resources==
Formal education started to be developed in the late Ottoman period continuing slowly into Hashemite times. The first major attempt to improve the situation was made by a Jeddah merchant, Muhammad ʿAlī Zaynal Riḍā, who founded the Madrasat al-Falāḥ in Mecca in 1911–12 that cost £400,000.<ref name="EIModern" /> The school system in Mecca has many public and private schools for both males and females. As of 2005, there were 532 [[State school|public]] and private schools for males and another 681 public and private schools for female students.<ref>Statistical information department of the ministry of education:[http://www.moe.gov.sa/statscenter/tawzee.rar Statistical summary for education in Saudi Arabia] (AR) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091009/http://www.moe.gov.sa/statscenter/tawzee.rar|date=22 December 2015}}</ref> The medium of instruction in both public and private schools is Arabic with emphasis on English as a [[second language]], but some private schools founded by foreign entities such as International schools use the English language as the medium of instruction. Some of these are coeducational while other schools are not. For higher education, the city has only one university, [[Umm Al-Qura University]], which was established in 1949 as a college and became a public university in 1981.

Healthcare is provided by the Saudi government free of charge to all pilgrims. There are ten main hospitals in Mecca:<ref>{{Cite web |title=وزارة الصحة - بوابة الخدمات الإلكترونية |url=https://www.moh.gov.sa/_layouts/15/moh/ssologin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSectors%2fHospitals%2f_layouts%2f15%2fAuthenticate.aspx%3fSource%3d%252FSectors%252FHospitals%252FPages%252Fdefault%252Easpx&Source=%2FSectors%2FHospitals%2FPages%2Fdefault%2Easpx |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.moh.gov.sa}}</ref>
* Ajyad Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى أَجْيَاد}}}})
* King Faisal Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى ٱلْمَلِك فَيْصَل بِحَي ٱلشّشه}}}})
* King Abdulaziz Hospital ({{langx|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى ٱلْمَلِك عَبْد ٱلْعَزِيْز بِحَي ٱلـزَّاهِر}}}})
* Al Noor Specialist Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى ٱلنُّوْر ٱلتَّخَصُّصِي}}}})
* Hira'a Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى حِرَاء}}}})
* Maternity and Children's Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى ٱلْوِلَادَة وَٱلْأَطْفَال}}}})
* King Abdullah Medical City ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مَدِيْنَة ٱلْمَلِك عَبْد ٱلله ٱلطِّبِيَّة}}}})
* Khulais General Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى خُلَيْص ٱلْعَام}}}})
* Al Kamel General Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى ٱلْكَامِل ٱلْعَام}}}})
* Ibn Sina Hospital ({{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|مُسْتَشْفَى ابْن سِيْنَا بِحَدَاء / بَحْرَه}}}})
There are also many walk-in clinics available for both residents and pilgrims. Several temporary clinics are set up during the Hajj to tend to wounded pilgrims.