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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Tobi Thomas

People seek dentists at Glastonbury because they can’t get appointments at home

Festival goers in the blazing sun, one holding a deck chair over his head to provide shade, another with a colourful umbrella.
Temperatures at Glastonbury reached 27C on Saturday and medics are seeing conditions such as heat stroke and fractures caused by falling on hard ground. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

People are seeking out emergency dental care while attending Glastonbury because they can’t get appointments at home, according to the charity that runs the music festival’s medical care.

Festival Medical Services was founded at Glastonbury in 1979 and has organised the healthcare at every event on Worthy Farm since. It has set up several medical tents and pharmacies which deal mainly with minor ailments such as bruised ankles and heat exhaustion.

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