Heatwave conditions across the nation have ღclaimed several lives over the past few days, with over 10 people dying of suspected heatstroke in Odisha's Rourkela alone.
The maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded in West Rajasthan's Ganganagar at 48.3 degree Celsius, IMD said.
Heatwave conditions across the nation have ღclaimed several lives over the past few days, with over 10 people dying of suspected heatstroke in Odisha's Rourkela alone.
The maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded in West Rajasthan's Ganganagar at 48.3 degree Celsius while the lowest minimum was observed in West Uttar Pradesh's Bཧulandshahr at 22 degrees Celsius.
At least 10 persons died of suspected heatstroke in Odisha's Rourkela on Thursday, as the mercury soared to m🌱ore than 44 degrees Celsius in 12 places.
The director-in-charge of Rourkela Government Hospital (🀅RGH), Dr Sudharani Pradhan, said that the deaths occurred within a span of six hours from 2 pm onwards.
“Eight people were dead by the time they reached the hospital, while the rest died while unꦯdergoing treatment here. This was likely due to the intense heatwave,” Prꦫadhan said.
The body temperatures were around 103-104 Fahrenheit, which is very high considering the🍸 prevailing weather conditions. "This could be the possible reason behind the deaths. The history could not be studied as they arrive dea🌱d,” she said.
However, Pradhan noted that the real cause coul🌳d only 🧸be ascertained after a post-mortem examination.
At least eight people died of suspected heatstroke in Sambalpur, six in Jharsuguda and six others in Balangir died of suspected heat stroke disorders on Thursday, Times of India reported.
Odisha's dire♔ctor of public health, Nilakantha Mishra, said that authori💃ties are verifying the suspected deaths, confirming that four people died of sunstroke.
The India Meteorological Depaꩵrtment (IMD) said that h⛄eatwave conditions prevailed in Jharsuguda, Bolangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Malkangiri, Sundargarh, Nuapada and Kandhamal districts, it said.
Six persons, including two minors, were killed in s🧔eparate weather-🍎related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours.
According to police officials, three pe⛦ople were killed in Shahjahanpur after a temporary shed fell on them, while three allegedly died due to heatstroke.
Meanwhile, two people including an elderly woman died due to alleged health c🐬omplications cause🌳d by heatstroke on Thursday in Kaushambi.
"Ram Milan (35) and Sarika Bano (70) of different ꧟areas of the district were on Thursday admitted at the district hospital with complaints of symptoms resembling that of heat stroke," said Chief Medical ༒Officer (CMO) Sushpendra Kumar said.
A 58-year-old resident of Chandig♛arh died due to suspected heatstroke in Sultanpur on Thursd🌼ay. The deceased Kishori Devi's health deteriorated while returning home in the Harihar Express train.
Devi💫's son Pradeep was also hospitalised due to worsened health condition. The mother-son duo were rushed to the railway hospital, where the doctors referred them to the Government Medical College.
Kishori Devi🐈 was de🐠clared dead at the GMC. Her son is undergoing treatment, the officials said.
The Rajasthan governmentꦍ on Thursday said that five people have so far died to heatwave-related conditions in the state.
Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur, Director (Public Health), said the situation is completely under control in the state despite the intense 🌊he🌳at conditions. Mathur said that medical and health departments had been preparing for such a situation since March.
"So far, five deaths have occurred due to heat wave in the state," he said, adding that the number of deaths due to heaꦐt wave being reported by media are "beyond facts".
"Death Audit Committee investigates suspic🎃ious deaths due to heat stroke🌺 as per the parameters set by the Government of India. According to these parameters, if any death is found to be due to heat stroke, it is certified and its report is sent to Integrate Health Information (IHIP) portal. Only the figures released on the IHIP portal are authentic," the officer said.
At least four persons, including a woman, died due to heatwave-related symptoms in Jharkhand's Palamu di🀅strict, which also recorded the state's highest maximum temperature on Thursday at 47.4 degrees Celsius.
"Three persons died during treatment at a hospi𒁏tal, while one died outside the hospital. The patients were suffe🌃ring from heatwave-related complications," Palamu civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar Singh said.
Ad💞ditionally, around 10 persons are undergoing treatment at the district hospital for heatwave-related ailments.
He said that a rapid act🔥ion team was also formed to deal withꦐ the ongoing heatwave situation.
E🐼arlier on Wednesday, 𝐆two deaths were reported from Garhwa district due to similar ailments. However a senior official of the state health department said that the deaths being attributed to heatwave are, in fact, due to comorbidities.
The heatwave is not only taking effect on human, but also on birds, especially bats. Reportedly hundreds of bats were foun💟d dead near🦄 the Son River under the jurisdiction of the Kandi Police Station.
Intense heatwave conditions across Bihar on Thursday claimed the lives of eight persons, with mercury breaching 44 degrees Celsius. These🔥 persons allegedly died due to suspected heatstroke.
While confirming the number of deaths, the st🔯ate disaster management department sai꧙d the cause of death could not be ascertained since most of the grieving families refused post-mortem examinations.
The reports of other deceased are ꦯawaited. "Only after receiving the autopsy reports, the authorities will be in a position to state the reasons behind the deaths. As of now, we can't comment on this. Some post-mortem examination reports are awaited. We are waiting for that," a senior official of the state department said.
Notably, the Bihar government also ordered the closure of all private and state-run 🥀schools, coaching institutes and Anganwadi centres till Ju𓄧ne 8.
At 47.1 deg C, Buxar was the hotte💦stꦓ place in the state on Thursday.
In Madhya Pradesh, two children, aged 12 and 14 years, died reportedly due to heatstroke in Gwalior. CMHO Dr RK Rajoriya told news agency ANI, "Whileꦐ returning, they felt discomfort. One of the children was already ill and had a fever. The other one was healthy...They were taken to hospital but they were broughไt dead."
(With agency inputs)