With the temperatures shooting up during the last three to four days due to ‘Rohini karti’, the District Medical and Health Department came out with precautions to the people to avoid sunstroke.
The medical staff has been asked to create awareness among the public about the sunstroke and to take precautions.
DMHO J. Sarojini said three to four deaths were provisionally diagnosed as that of sunstroke. “But the practice is that a sunstroke death is confirmed only through post-mortem.”
People are advised to take the following precautions:
People, children, aged and pregnant women in particular must avoid exposure to the Sun and must consume more liquids. It is better to avoid going out between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. All should use umbrellas while going out, wear thin and white clothing. Hats should be worn and black clothes avoided.
Symptoms of sunstroke are severe reeling sensation, headache, fever, fits and slipping into unconscious state. If a person is having these symptoms he or she must be immediately taken to a doctor. A person suspected to have suffered sunstroke must be shifted to a cool place and his or her body must be wiped with ice water, and liquids like butter milk, water mixed with a very small quantity of salt, coconut, gruel must be given.
It is necessary to take a sunstroke victim to the nearest hospital.
Every PHC, Aasha worker and Anaganwadi worker or a health worker is having ORS sachets, Dr. Sarojini has said.
She wanted people in the rural areas to inform a case of sunstroke immediately to the health staff and follow their suggestions.
