Heat wave claims 15 lives, dozens faint in Punjab
Pakistan Times National News Desk

LAHORE: Intense summer heat continued throughout the Punjab that claimed 13 more lives and caused dozens to faint on Tuesday.

Sizzling heat killed five, made dozens faint in Chiniot. Among the dead were a woman of Ajhwali Mohallah, two youths and a man in Sugharwala and a 14 year old in Chak 49.

In Shakargarh four old women died of heat while several students fainted.

In Chishtian where the mercury rose to 48, four people including two women died due to heat stroke while six were reported to have fainted.

In Pir Mahal too, a three-year-old minor succumbed to the intense heat and passed away.

People are protested the unannounced loadshedding and demanded immediate summer vacations in schools. Ice and cold drinks prices hiked owing to the growing demand, the reports say.

Agencies add: At least 10 people were killed and dozens fainted due to sunstroke in the interior Sindh, including Sukkur, while several people, particularly women and children, are also facing stomach-related diseases.

The province is in the grip of severe heatwave, forcing most of the people to stay indoors and severely affecting business activities.

S M Aslam from Nawabshah adds: In all 28 cases of gastroenteritis have been brought at Peoples Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah in just four days (from May 23 to May 26).

Dr Ijaz Pirzada said that all the patients admitted to the hospital were in stable condition, adding some of them had been discharged from the hospital.●