High temperatures double the emergency rate

Doctors recommend that the elderly, the sick, and the pregnant not be exposed to the sun's rays at midday.

Emergency Clinic Director Basri Lenyan in an interview for Kosova Preiss, says this clinic marks the record number of victims, who require emergency medical services.

In addition, during the days that are being marked by high temperatures, the number of patients in this clinic has doubled.

In ordinary days at Emergency Clinic, between 120 and 170 cases have been attended, while in recent days the Emergency Clinic marks the largest number of cases, which require over 300 cases. Of them, between 5 and 10 percent of us have patients who suffer from neurologic diseases, strokes, cardiac problems, especially heart disease, heart attack, hypertension, as well as vascular problems, blood vessel problems, chronic lung diseases, metabolic diseases, diabetes, nephrotic diseases, and disease of the ostolar system”, he says.

Despite the large number of patients, Lenyan says no cases have been recorded that have fatally suffered as a result of sunlight.

However, according to Emergency Clinic chief, individuals who have previously had strokes in the brain or heart are the most likely to experience these symptoms again.

Lenyan continues to be critical of the reference system, which requires measures.

“Based on the World Health Organization's norms for a population of two million, the Emergency Clinic within the year should have 19 thousand and 250 cases, of which 20 per cent are emergency nature, 80 per cent are cases that can be dealt with without a problem at two health care levels. Despite this, I don't see any preliminary solution if any initial punishment starts and the punishment of those cases they send without any criteria”, he says.

Overcrowding says it is making their work difficult until their work focuses on more serious and emergency cases.

Lenyan recommends that from 11: 00 p.m. to 5: 00 p.m., citizens should never be exposed to sunlight, especially those with health problems, since their condition may deteriorate.

“They can also use air conditioning to at least eliminate excess temperature. Take medication according to family treatment or the appropriate disease. Get food on a regular basis, daily rations, vitamin - rich food, driving away the use of fats. Keeping a light - colored eardrum because of turning the sun's rays away while the color closes to absorption and the sick who have very serious problems in the event some chest pain, breathing, immediately appears in emergency service to take on lifesaving measures” he says.

According to the Kosovo Hydromeologic Institute, from Monday the weather will be cooler, with clouds and sundial intervals until the rainy afternoons. And the maximum temperature on Monday will be 24 degrees.