Summary The death toll from devastating heat wave in Karachi has reached 429 on Monday.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - The death toll from devastating heat wave across Sindh, compounded by high humidity, power cuts and low water consumption because of Ramadan fasting, has risen to 429, Dunya News Reported.
Sources said that hundreds of patients suffering from the heat wave are being treated at government hospitals.
Despite light showers in some part of the city, the temperature was soaring as high as 42 degrees Celsius on Monday, leaving many hospitalised for heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
According to Jinnah Hospital’s spokesperson Doctor Seemi Jamali, 200 people died at the hospital in the past three days due to ailments caused by intense heat wave in the city.
At least 64 deaths were reported at the Civil Hospital, 22 at the Liaquat National Hospital, 15 died at the Zia-ud-Din Hospital, 17 deaths were reported at the Indus Hospital and 23 at the Qatar Hospital.
Another 69 deaths were reported in different KMC hospitals in the city, while 8 people died in New Karachi hospital and 7 in Lyari General Hospital.
The Sindh provincial government has imposed a state of emergency at all hospitals, cancelling leave for doctors and other medical staff and increasing stocks of medical supplies.
On the other hand, Pakistan Rangers Sindh has established ten "Heat Stroke Relief Centres" at different locations in Karachi to provide relief to the citizens who are affected due to extreme heat wave.
