Pakistan’s
largest charity, Edhi Welfare Organization has said that its mortuary has
been filled to capacity as a result of heatwave-related deaths. Heat wave
in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi and nearby districts of Southern Sindh
province has killed at least 120 people, Pakistan’s health officials have said.
largest charity, Edhi Welfare Organization has said that its mortuary has
been filled to capacity as a result of heatwave-related deaths. Heat wave
in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi and nearby districts of Southern Sindh
province has killed at least 120 people, Pakistan’s health officials have said.
The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as
high as 45 degrees Celsius on Saturday, just short of an all-time high of 47C
in June 1979. Dr
Seemin Jamali, the head of the emergency department confirmed more than 100 people had died at the hospital. “They all died of heat
stroke,” she said.
high as 45 degrees Celsius on Saturday, just short of an all-time high of 47C
in June 1979. Dr
Seemin Jamali, the head of the emergency department confirmed more than 100 people had died at the hospital. “They all died of heat
stroke,” she said.
Pakistan’s
Meteorological Department said temperatures would likely subside in the coming
days, but doctors have advised avoiding exposure to the sun and wearing light
cotton clothes.
Meteorological Department said temperatures would likely subside in the coming
days, but doctors have advised avoiding exposure to the sun and wearing light
cotton clothes.
Electricity cuts in turn
crippled their water supply system, hampering the pumping of millions of
gallons of water to consumers, Their Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif
has however warned electric supply companies that he would not tolerate power outages especially doing this period of Ramadan.
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