‘Inhumane’: UK’s extreme heat pushes NHS staff, patients to limit

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“Horrific, horrendous, unbearable, unsafe.”
That is how medical professionals describe the impact of this year’s heatwaves on Britain’s healthcare system, in response to a survey by the Doctors’ Association UK.
In hospitals built for a cooler climate, staff are now dealing with patients too sweaty to receive intravenous drips, medication at risk of degrading in high temperatures and colleagues collapsing on the job with heat fatigue.
The past few months have revealed the extent to which...

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