Heatwave in Karachi similar to 2015 expected this year .

People are trying to find relief from heatwave in Karachi in Pakistan.

The director of Karachi health office has issued an  alert to the hospitals for heatwave, saying the situation will be similar to 2015 this year in which more than hundreds of people lost their lives due to escalating temperatures .

The general notice was issued to the executive director of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and medical superintendents of Civil Hospital and general hospitals in Korangi, Ibrahim Hyderi, Saudabad and Liaquatabad, Qatar Hospital in Orangi Town, children’s hospital North Nazimabad and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital among others.

The alert directed hospitals to keep their departments ready to cope with such a situation arise . They are also directed to establish heatstroke treatment  and stabilization centers to provide emergency medical treatment .