HYDERABAD: Temperatures are soaring in Telangana, with parts of it already touching 40 degree Celsius. This is also one of the leading causes of intense heat waves, and subsequent heat illnesses among the children and elderly.
Heat injury cases — second level of heat-related illnesses — are being recorded in the city. Children and elderly fall in the vulnerable category of people and are prone to quick impact of excessive heat. Individual pediatricians report seeing at least one child everyday with symptoms of severe headache, vomiting and dizziness.At the state run Niloufer hospital, nearly 3 to 4 children with such symptoms are being seen daily over the last few days, while the Osmania General Hospital’s casualty department has seen 6 walkins in the last one week.
