The temperature, which is above 40 degrees Celsius, continues to kill in Karachi, a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. While temperatures rise to 49 degrees due to high humidity, the number of deaths is also increasing. In a statement made by the Edhi ambulance service, it was stated that 30-40 bodies are brought to the city morgue per day due to the extreme heat, but 568 people have lost their lives in the last 6 days. It was reported that 141 of the deaths occurred on Tuesday alone.
LOSSES ARE INCREASING
Dr. head of the emergency department. Imran Sarwar Sheikh stated that 267 people with heat stroke applied to Karachi Civil Hospital from Sunday to Thursday, and 12 of them died. Dr. “Most of those who came to the hospital were in their 60s or 70s, but there were also a couple in their 45s and even in their 20s. Most of the people we saw were working outside. We told them to drink plenty of water and wear light clothes in this heat,” Sheikh said.
COOLING CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED
As extreme heat began to take effect over the weekend in Pakistan, cooling centers and camps were established.
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