At least 300 deaths from extreme heat in Pakistan
Islamabad … News Time
Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi and in the south Intense heat during the day, at least 3 300 people have lost their lives the heat arising from the crisis and have sought the help of the army. Karachi temperature has reached 45 degrees Celsius heat and on Monday more than 163 people infected have died. The death toll from the heat wave there were 280. In the southern regions of the province have been 11 deaths from heat stroke. Under a government health official Dr. Sabir in Karachi Memon heat previously had confirmed 180 deaths and said Monday night that the death toll could rise. 5 hospitals of the French news agency reported, citing figures provided by the toll of 249 dead. National institutions established to deal with emergencies dyzasstr Management Authority (NDMA) spokesman Ahmed Kamal told reporters Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Army and paramilitary Rangers have asked for relief efforts in the hand Take a look at different areas of the city, for the treatment of the victims have been established. Sindh government has imposed emergency in all hospitals of the city and the doctors and medical staff holidays are canceled. Doctors say that most deaths were caused by heatstroke. Spokesman for the Edhi Foundation Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area located at the morgue, more bodies is not enough to hold. Edhi morgue in the last 2 days, more than 200 bodies have been brought. Most of these individuals as a result of heat stroke or died from diseases that pose. Pakistan Medical Association president Dr. Sher Shah in Karachi said that most poor people are suffering from the heat. Karachi residents in hours with the heat load are facing severe difficulties. The introduction of power outages messaging system is disrupted electricity and water is not available to citizens and in these circumstances they are fasting in Ramadan. The neighbor India last month were killed in 2005 because of the heat, And mostly in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana lives were lost. Every year hundreds of people in India are offering extreme heat but this year for the second time in history that so many deaths.
