KARACHI:
Karachi heatwave death toll rose to 1,011, with at least 229 fatalities reported on Wednesday by government and private hospitals, reports stated.
Officials said that about 40,000 people had suffered heatstroke and as many as 7,500 were being treated in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where 311 people died, reportedly.
“More than 1,000 of the 40,000 heatstroke victims have died since Saturday evening, of which 950 deaths were reported in Karachi alone,” said a senior official.
According to the figures collected from various hospitals, of the 950 deaths in Karachi, 729 were recorded in government-run health facilities and 221 in private hospitals.
The officials said the number of patients arriving in hospitals had ‘significantly’ dropped with the weather getting better, yet there were thousands of patients being treated in different health facilities.
People, youths in particular, continued to donate medicines, juices and bottled water to patients as well as hospitals.