A complete of 5 aged persons are at present hospitalized on the Nicosia Normal Hospital with warmth stroke, the consultant of OKYPY, Charalambos Harilaou, informed KYPE, noting that their well being situation is steady and they’re anticipated to be discharged within the coming days.
As Mr. Harilaou reported to KYPE, in current days as a result of excessive temperatures in Cyprus, there was an elevated variety of visits from folks with signs of warmth exhaustion to the Emergency Departments (ED) of public hospitals.
In response to Mr. Harilaou, some folks needed to be hospitalized, whereas the remainder of the incidents had been handled and these folks had been discharged.
At present, he mentioned, 5 circumstances of warmth stroke are being handled on the Nicosia Normal Hospital, with the well being standing of those people being steady.
He additionally talked about that the 5 incidents concern aged folks with co-morbidities and persistent ailments, and that these folks belong to weak teams.
It’s recalled that the day earlier than yesterday the primary dying from heatstroke was registered, regarding a 91-year-old lady, who was taken to the hospital by ambulance from her residence, with signs of excessive fever.
As Mr. Harilaou talked about, “upon her arrival at TAEP, she suffered a cardiac arrest. The medical doctors and nurses managed to revive her, however in a couple of minutes she had a second seizure, failed and died,” he added.
Mr. Charilaou advisable warning to the general public and particularly to aged individuals who belong to weak teams.
“We should keep in our houses in an air-conditioned house, costume evenly and take sufficient fluids, particularly the aged and folks belonging to the weak teams,” he mentioned.
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