Hundreds of people suffer heatstroke in Pakistan, and dangerous heat is forecast to stay a while

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Doctors treated hundreds of victims of heatstroke at hospitals across Pakistan on Thursday after an intense heat wave sent temperatures above normal levels due to climate change, officials said.

Children, who are suffering from gastroenteritis due to hot weather, receive treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, May 23, 2024.

"The situation has been getting worse since yesterday, when people affected by heat started coming to hospitals in the Punjab province," said Ghulam Farid, a senior health official. Pakistan has set up emergency response centres at hospitals to treat patients affected by the heat. Daytime temperatures are soaring as much as 8 C above May's average temperatures over the last 20 years, raising fears of flooding in the northwest because of glacial melting.

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