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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
David Kent

Parents warned against covering their child's pram during heatwave over heat stroke fears

A GP has warned parents not to do one specific thing that they might consider will keep a young child or a baby cool in the upcoming heatwave.

Ireland is set to see temperatures rocket up to nearly 30C this weekend, having only broken a record for the hottest day in the last 170 years last month.

That will bring many problems, be it water issues to potential swimming hazards, but one that will worry parents in particular is their young baby or toddler overheating and getting sunstroke while in a pram or a buggy.

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