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Heat stroke prevention: BMC sets up cold rooms in major hosps, issues guidelines
Updated On: 05 April, 2024 06:54 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Fourteen major hospitals, general hospitals and medical colleges will have two beds each in the cold rooms set up for treating heat stroke patients in Mumbai
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Considering the summer season and rising temperature in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued guidelines for heat stroke control and prevention. The civic body has also set up cold rooms in major hospitals and medical colleges for heat stroke patients, the statement released by BMC said.
The civic body has also stocked up medicines to ensure sufficient medicines are available at health facilities in the view of changing weather. Fourteen major hospitals, general hospitals and medical colleges will have two beds each in the cold rooms set up for treating heat stroke patients. At present, the BMC has equipped 103 of its Hindu Hridaysmrat Balasaheb Thackeray `Aapla Davakhana` (public dispensaries) with air conditioners, the statement said.
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