NEW DELHI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Heat stroke has claimed 43 lives in India's eastern state of Bihar, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) reported Sunday. The worst-hit district in the state is Aurangabad where around 30 people have died so far. Nearly seven deaths have been repor...
In 2015 deaths from heat stroke recorded 5 times more compared to 2001. Odisha, Andra Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal had reported more than 1000 deaths from heat stroke during last 15 years. India from the geographical and environmental point of view is a land of natural ...
India-Pakistan heat wave of 2015, extended period of extreme heat that spanned the Indian subcontinent during April, May, and June 2015 and resulted in more than 2,500 deaths in India and more than 1,100 deaths in Pakistan. Indian heat wave of 2015Map of the heat wave that struck the ...
Data from the National Centre of Disease Control showed the situation was worst in May, with 46 heat-related deaths and 19,189 suspected heatstroke cases, news site ThePrint reported. Including suspected cases, the total number of deaths...
Some of Chan’s colleagues have experienced mild heat stroke or elevated blood pressure while working in temperatures that have exceeded 45 degrees Celsius (113°F). “But until now, we haven’t been monitored by the government for heat-related illnesses or deaths, so the lack of...
Heat stroke is the most serious and potentially life-threatening condition of the heat-related illnesses. Heat stroke deaths caused by electric blanket are rarely reported. In this paper, we report 2 cases of fatal heat stroke caused by overheating from electric blankets in winter. One was a ...
New Delhi— More than 50 deaths have been blamed on scorching early summer heat in India over the last week alone, as temperatures in northern and eastern regions have soared to record highs. After arriving early this year, the summer heat has been unrelenting, with temperatures climbing ove...
Data from the National Centre of Disease Control showed the situation was worst in May, with 46 heat-related deaths and 19,189 suspected heatstroke cases, news site ThePrint reported.Including suspected cases, the total number of deaths in India could be much higher at 80, The Hindu newspaper...
Deaths due to serious heatstroke have been reported in eastern and southwestern parts of China as the country bakes under record heat amid soaring temperatures. West China Hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu, capital of...
heat•stroke (ˈhitˌstroʊk) n. a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in headache, fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma. Compareheat exhaustion. ...