136 Die in Pakistan Heatwave

[Shilparana]

At least 136 people have died in a heatwave in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi and other districts of the Sindh province since Saturday.
Saturday was the hottest day this year in Karachi, where the mercury had shot up to 45 degree Celsius, Dawn. The maximum temperature of 48 degree Celsius was recorded in three districts of Sindh - Jacobabad, Larkana and Sukkur - on Saturday, which slid down to 41 on Sunday.

[Daljeet]

The process of burying bodies has been expedited as the number of bodies arriving in morgues had suddenly swollen and also because the temperatures were too high for the cooling facility, the officials added. The highest temperature Karachi ever experienced was 48 degree Celsius on May 9, 1938.

[PriyankaDhariwal]

According to health officials, many patients complained that they had collapsed suddenly during the day and suffered extreme breathing problem.

[smita89]

They were brought to the hospital unconscious, suffering from high grade fever with pulse hardly visible and blood pressure barely noticeable said the JPMC official. Many patients told their doctors that they had collapsed suddenly during the sizzling day and suffered extreme breathing problem.

[Neha Chandaliya]

100 people were under treatment in various hospitals run by the KMC. Nine people died because of sunstroke in Lyari General Hospital, six in Civil Hospital and two in KPT Hospital.