India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected above-normal heatwave days between April and June across large parts of the country. IMD has in its update forecast scorching heat conditions to continue over parts of Northwest and Central India over the next few days.
The health ministry, in a communication to state health authorities, has directed them to take four urgent steps: set up dedicated heat stroke management units at every health facility, ensure ambulance services are fully operational and adequately staffed, disseminate early warnings to communities in time for preventive action, and report heat stroke cases in real time through the ministry’s Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP).
“Your personal intervention in reviewing heat season preparedness while ensuring implementation of the aforementioned actions will be key to safeguarding public health and preventing avoidable heat-related mortality,” health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said in the advisory.
She stressed that timely reporting is critical to tracking the scale of the crisis and mobilising resources where they are needed most.
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