Ambulance crews respond to 30 cases of collapse

Ambulance crews in the region of Central Bohemia on Monday responded to 30 incidents in which individuals collapsed from the summer temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius currently in the Czech Republic. Two women died, officials reported. A 65-year-old woman collapsed at a parking lot in Kladno, near Prague, suffering heart failure and could not be resuscitated. Another, an 80-year-old woman died in the hallway of her apartment building. Emergency crews also registered a higher number of strokes on Monday. The heat wave is expected to last through to Saturday, after which temperatures are expected to fall.

Author: Jan Velinger