Heat Wave and Health Alert System in Occitanie. Epidemiological Update as of June 21, 2017.
Key Points
Seven departments are under an orange heat wave alert and one department is under a yellow heat wave alert.
Since the start of the heat wave: an upward trend in heat-related medical consultations in both the OSCOUR® and SOS Médecins networks.
For yesterday:
- +13 emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses; these visits mainly involved people aged 75 and older. Approximately 77% of these emergency room visits were followed by hospitalization;
- +9 SOS Médecins consultations for heat-related illnesses; these consultations involved all age groups.
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