Stung by the rising temperature which touched 37-38 ̊C mark in various parts of the State ahead of the summer, the State government is planning to roll out mobile heat clinics.
In the first phase, the clinics will be launched in Thiruvananthapuram in connection with the Attukal Pongala on Sunday when lakhs of devotees throng the capital for the annual festival.
With the patronage of the Health department and Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), the heat clinics, equipped with paramedical staff, including doctors, will provide support for distressed people. A senior bureaucrat told The Hindu that the heat clinics would be launched on either AC buses of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) or ambulances.
