Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heat, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’
Medical experts in Japan are to add a “most severe” category to the current heatstroke index, amid warnings that the extreme heat is straining medical services and causing damage to public health comparable to that in a “natural disaster”.
The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine said it would add a fourth category to the three-level classification later this year in an attempt to reduce deaths from heatstroke.
Continue reading…Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heat, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’Medical experts in Japan are to add a “most severe” category to the current heatstroke index, amid warnings that the extreme heat is straining medical services and causing damage to public health comparable to that in a “natural disaster”.The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine said it would add a fourth category to the three-level classification later this year in an attempt to reduce deaths from heatstroke. Continue reading…