Doctors about cases of heatstroke during the abnormal heat in Mykolaiv

Heatstroke. Illustrative photo

In Mykolaiv, despite the extremely high temperatures, the number of calls to «ambulance» teams remains stable.

Andrii Samoilov, chief physician of the Mykolayiv Regional Center of Emergency Medical Aid and Disaster Medicine, told about this in a comment to NikVesti.

Since July 1, only nine people have contacted the «emergency» assistance team, so there is no significant increase in calls due to heatstroke.

Forecasters predict a further increase in temperature to levels exceeding 40 degrees °C, with a high level of fire danger. Mykolaiv set a new record on July 10 — the thermometer showed +40.5°C, on July 11 the temperature was at 40.2°C.

According to Andrii Samoilov, although heat stroke symptoms do occur, they are within the norm.

«Every morning, I review the summary for the day, and I see that people contact us with heat strokes, but these are isolated cases, within the limits of the usual seasonal appeals. We did not have an increase in the number of calls during the period of increased temperature at all, the statistics are significantly less than in 2021-2022,» he said.

In addition, over the past 10 days, 4 people with symptoms of heat stroke have turned to Mykolaiv hospitals:

• City Hospital №4 — two people
• City Hospital N№1 — one person
• An emergency hospital is one person

Abnormal heat in Mykolaiv

Abnormally high temperature indicators were observed in most regions of Ukraine since the beginning of April.

Then, according to the data of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, the air in the Mykolaiv Oblast warmed up to 27 degrees.

Although meteorologists of the Mykolaiv Hydrometeorological Center predicted in the spring that the summer of 2024 would be traditional in the region, and deviations from the limits of normal indicators are not expected, already in June the heat began to break all temperature records.

On June 3, the temperature in Mykolaiv approached the absolute maximum for the past 30 years, reaching 33 degrees Celsius. Mykolaiv set a new record on July 10 — the thermometer showed +40.5°C, on July 11 the temperature was at 40.2°C.

The other day, forecasters from Mykolaiv warned that the abnormal heat in the city and region will last for another two weeks. In addition, Ukrenergo reported that due to the heat, electricity consumption reached a maximum.