Heatstroke

Across the country, students sit for examinations while enduring extreme heat or attend school in severe cold

Extended hours of loadshedding, lack of emergency facilities instigated loss of hundreds of lives during past few days

One more cop dies of heat stroke on duty

PHM issues advisory after Saudi heat warning

Initiative aimed at protecting the traffic police personnel from the dangers of heatstroke and dehydration

Citizens advised to take precautionary measures

Cousin says there was no drinking water for past two days at cattle market

Stresses need to compile data for effective monitoring

Doctors warn against dumping waste in residential areas to avoid breeding of parasites

People should take precautionary measures like change water in their air coolers regularly

She was rushed to hospital but could not survive

Victims belong to different private institutions

Patients were admitted to hospital in critical condition

Patients were admitted to hospital in critical condition

Health department has set up dedicated counters for people suffering from illness

Warning signs include fever, headaches and nausea

Hospitals report few cases, no deaths, but Edhi mortuaries see spike in deaths, claimed heatstroke cases

Policymakers must therefore get people in vulnerable areas to face up to deadly and stronger heat spells

Students were called to school during summer vacation to have their homework checked

Asks the concerned departments to take immediate measures to prevent and to provide treatment for heatstroke

Doctors recommend increased water intake and periodical cold showers apart from wearing light clothes

The doctor suggested immediately pouring water over a patient’s body to rehydrate them

The hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr Wajid Ali Memon, announced the establishment of this ward

Edhi Foundation officials also confirmed the deaths but failed to comment on what caused them

Dahar says all possible measures are being taken before the temperature rises

A total of 20 heatstroke patients were reported in hospitals

The duration of unscheduled load-shedding has also increased in the district