Public Health care and Treatment services during the Nowruz 2018 (the Persian New Year holidays) provided by Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

The first day of Iranian New Year (Nowruz ) is Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - Nowruz is all about saying goodbye to Winter and hello to Spring. Norooz is the most important holiday in Iran, marking the official New Year of the country.  It is the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. Norooz has been celebrated for over 3,000 years Iran. This historic rite is observed on 21 March in many countries along the Silk Roads, including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

In recognition of the importance of this ancient rite, Nowruz was inscribed on UNESCO"s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. Moreover, in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March International Nowruz Day.

Zahedan University of Medical Sciences has been providing public health care and treatment services during the holidays, between March 6, 2018, and April 4, 2018. These services included: 11500 inspections of food supply centers and restaurants, confiscation of 4,500 kilograms of perished foodstuff, shutting down of 25 food supply centers, attending 371 road accidents  and transfer of 529 injured  persons of these crashes to the medical centers.