Temperature In Delhi Today: Center Issues Advisory For Citizens Following 20 Deaths Due To Heat Strokes

Temperature In Delhi Today: More than 20 people lost their lives due to heat strokes and rising temperatures in the National Capital Region (Delhi-NCR) on Wednesday. Citing the adverse weather situation, the Center has issued an advisory for the citizens requesting everyone to stay indoors as much as possible. The advisory underlined going out in direct sunlight between 12 noon to 3 pm could be dangerous.

Today, Hospitals in Delhi witnessed a spike in casualties and heatstroke cases.

A senior police official told media that amid the persisting heat wave, bodies of more than 26 people belonging to underprivileged socioeconomic backgrounds have been found in 5 districts of Delhi in the last 48 hours.

The officer said the body of a 55-year-old man was found at the Children's Park near India Gate on Wednesday, adding that a postmortem examination will be conducted to know the exact cause of death.

An NGO, Centre for Holistic Development, which works for homeless people, claimed that 192 homeless deaths were recorded due to heat waves in Delhi from June 11 to 19. At the Centre-run RML Hospital, the authorities received 22 patients in the last two days. There have been five deaths and 12 to 13 patients are on ventilator support.

"The victims did not have any co-morbidities. When such people come to the hospital, their core body temperature is recorded and, if it is found more than 105 degrees Fahrenheit and there is no other cause, they are declared as heatstroke patients. "Those who succumb to heatstroke are declared as 'suspected heatstroke'. There is a committee of the Delhi government that later confirms the deaths," a senior hospital official said. To ensure immediate cooling of the body, the hospital has set up a first-of-its-kind heatstroke unit."

The unit has cooling technology and the patients are kept in baths filled with ice and water. When their body temperature goes below 102 degrees Fahrenheit, they are monitored.

"If they are stable, they are shifted into the ward. Otherwise, they are put on a ventilator. Most of the patients who are admitted are labourers," the official added