Severe heat wave causes waiting at cremation facilities in Ahmedabad

As the temperature rose to 46.8 degree Celsius(highest in 94 years), deaths were recorded in different hospitals of Ahmedabad due to sun stroke on Friday and over 35 people were admitted in government hospitals.

According to officials of the 108 emergency ambulance services they transported over 180 persons suffering from exhaustion due to severe heat from different parts of the city to hospitals. Ice slabs were used in emergency rooms of hospitals to help the patients recover from the heat stroke.

Ahmedabad’s Fire Brigade received over 200 calls for dead body van between 10 am to 6 pm on Friday. Normally this figure tends to be around 60 to 65 a day. There was a waiting period of couple of hours in each of the cremation facilities across the city.