According to the forecast of the Central Hydrometeorological Agency, Da Nang City is experiencing a new heat wave, with the highest temperature recorded up to 36.3 degrees Celsius and the humidity of the air decreasing, in some places only 50%. This harsh weather situation has caused serious impacts on people's health, especially children, leading to overload in hospitals.
The heat is forecast to continue for the next 24 hours before gradually decreasing. The meteorological agency has issued a level 1 natural disaster risk warning, emphasizing a high risk of fire and explosion in residential areas, industrial parks and forest fires in mountainous areas. At the same time, people, especially outdoor workers, may face the risk of dehydration, exhaustion and stroke due to heatstroke.
alarmingly, the number of children hospitalized has increased dramatically. Recorded at Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, the situation has become tense in the past two weeks. The hospital's Examination Department said that the number of examinations has increased by 20%, with 600-700 children coming for examination every day. The Department of Pediatrics and Respiratory Medicine alone has received nearly 1,100 children in the past 10 days.
According to the Department of Pediatrics and Respiratory Medicine, the number of respiratory diseases this year has increased abnormally compared to the same period. Summer is often the season of digestive diseases, but this extreme heat causes diseases such as sore throat and bronchitis to increase sharply in young children.
To deal with the overload situation, the Emergency General Examination Department of Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital had to increase examination tables and human resources. Doctors recommend that parents pay special attention to hydrating their children, limiting their children from going out during hot weather and taking their children to the doctor immediately when there are unusual signs for timely treatment to avoid dangerous complications.
