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| Heatwave 'kills 450 within three days' across Pakistan |
| 2015-06-23 |
| [AA.TR] The corpse count from a three-day long sweltering heat wave has jumped to an estimated 450 across Pakistain, officials and local media said Monday. Thus it was so in the old days, thus it remains for the foreseeable future. Over 200 people died Monday in southern Sindh province, mostly in the port city of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , where hospitals were getting overwhelmed with patients suffering from heatstroke. An estimated 400 people have died during the last three days in Karachi, the country's commercial capital, where a blistering heat wave compounded by long power cuts wreaked havoc with normal life. At Jinnah hospital, the largest government-run medical center in the city, 200 patients died in the last three days while 1,500 were being treated for heat related illnesses, Dr. Seemi Jamali, the head of the hospital's emergency services, told news hounds. "We don't have space for more patients and many heatstroke patients are being treated in other wards," Dr. Jamali said. The University of Karachi and other educational institutions in the city postponed their scheduled exams because of the stifling heat wave. Several deaths were also reported in Sindh province's southern districts of Badin, Dadu, Tharparkar and Sukkur, where the mercury level touched 45 degrees Monday. Also, over 1,000 children suffering from dehydration and gastro related diseases were admitted to different hospitals in northeastern Lahore city within the last three days, of them over 450 were said to be at death's door, local Geo Television reported. Thousands of people also erupted into the streets Monday across the country to protest against power cuts that have caused an acute water paucity in many cities. Pakistain's Water and Power Ministry cites an increasing demand in the holy month of Ramadan as the prime reason behind the power cuts. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 In Karachi, Mom heats up the pans With the flames of ten million Korans For the Umm al-Kitab Wants an extra hot hob When she's frying Mohammedans' cans. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-06-23 22:47 |
| #3 Good detail. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-06-23 17:09 |
| #2 Pre-monsoon, hot and high humidity. Best to have as much skin exposed as possible to maximise natural evaporative cooling. But we all know why that doesn't happen there. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-06-23 12:23 |
| #1 Another reason for "consumerism" -Air conditioners. Prayers out for those of you Whom lost Loved ones. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-06-23 00:45 |