Heat Wave and Health Alert System in Occitanie. Epidemiological Update as of August 29, 2017.

Key Points

Two departments in the region are under an orange heat wave alert, and three are under a yellow heat wave alert.

Since the start of the heat wave: no unusual seasonal variation in heat-related medical cases within the OSCOUR® network, but an upward trend over the past two days in consultations conducted by SOS Médecins

For yesterday:

  • 8 visits to emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses across the region; these visits involved all age groups. One of these emergency room visits for heat-related illness was followed by hospitalization.

  • 6 SOS Médecins consultations for heat-related illnesses; these consultations involved all age groups.

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