High temperatures: 10,000 people call for help at QKUK

Kosovo is facing high temperatures these days, which, according to the Hydrometeorological Institute, have reached 35 degrees. Rising temperatures have also increased the number of people needing medical attention.

At the Emergency Clinic, at the University Clinical Centre in Kosovo, medical assistance for the months of June and July, about 10,000 people have been seeking.

Basri Lenyan, director of the Emergency Centre, told the REL that health complications from high temperatures have emerged in chronically ill people, those with cardiological diseases, pregnant women and others.

This total number, from June alone over 4800 patients, have sought medical assistance, until the record number marked July, which has yet to be completed, has reported over 5 thousand cases of”.

All these cases that require assistance are directly influenced by the heat, and our advice is from 11: 00 p.m. to 5:00, people not exposed to sunshine”, Lenyan said.

Internistic services are frequented by greater numbers, and the most frequent cases require help are those with heart problems and high blood pressure.

Dr. Basri Sejdiu, an interviewer at the University Clinical Centre, says there is an increasing number of patients with heart problems.

With temperatures rising, especially last week, chronically ill people have been affected. In heart - touch invasive cardiology, there are no additional numbers, but the flow of patients visible” has increased, says Sejdiu.

While Besim Aliu, from the Kosovo Hydrometeorology Institute, says temperatures in recent days have moved from 34 to 35 degrees. But by Tuesday, according to him, there will be other hydrometerological conditions.