Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer

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The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

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10/07/2024 07:42

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Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer

 

10/07/2024 07:42 // The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’

Medical experts in Japan are to add a “most severe” category to the current heatstroke index, amid warnings that the extreme heat is straining medical services and causing damage to public health comparable to that in a “natural disaster”.

The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine said it would add a fourth category to the three-level classification later this year in an attempt to reduce deaths from heatstroke.

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