Hospitals in New Delhi and much of north India are overwhelmed with heatstroke patients as temperatures have soared to 40 degrees Celsius or more every day since mid-May. The extreme heatwave has resulted in over 100 deaths in Delhi, with the temperature reaching as high as 122° F. The hospital has seen well over 50 heatstroke patients in the past week. Similarly, in Karachi, Pakistan, Jinnah Hospital has admitted 1,592 people in the last 24 hours due to the heatwave. Doctors in southern Pakistan are treating thousands of heatstroke victims as the region experiences soaring temperatures.
Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar https://t.co/eYmbnHVRPd https://t.co/iIKGlqlQoe
Incredible photos from the heatwave in Delhi, which reached 122° F and has left over 100 people dead https://t.co/uDiyU0hDWH https://t.co/DLwAzqkwVM
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"The hospital has seen well over 50 heatstroke patients in the past week. People in New Delhi and much of north India have been battered by relentlessly high temperatures of 40 degrees or more every single day since mid-May." https://t.co/BNpzjS6NP0