Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for emergency measures in connection with the onset of heat, which killed nearly 700 people.
Many of them - older people from low-income families. Army helps employees of National Disaster Management Authority to establish special centers of care.
In the country's largest city of Karachi, where the maximum number of casualties recorded in the last days of heat reached 45 degrees Celsius.
Health Minister Sindh said that over the past four days in urban public hospitals died from the effects of heat 612 people.
Another 80 people died in a private hospital.
In the treatment of thousands of others are injured, some of them in serious condition.
The country is experiencing shortages of electricity supply, as its consumption has increased dramatically because of the work of air conditioning and approach of Ramadan, when Muslims fast during daylight hours.
In some areas of Karachi have been protests of the population, whose members accuse the authorities and the city's main power company K-Electric is in short supply of electricity.
How the body responds to heat
In case of overheating of the body to 39-40 degrees apathy comes as the central nervous system begins to limit muscle activity. One feels chronic fatigue. At a temperature of 40-41 degrees of heat stroke occurs, and when the body temperature exceeds 41 degrees, the body begins to lose viability.
Overheating leads to negative changes in many metabolic processes, the state of internal organs and tissues deteriorate and increases the risk of failure of multiple organs.
It violated even sweating due to the termination of blood flow to the skin, making people feel cold.
Heat stroke requires the intervention of doctors, and in the absence of immediate assistance chance of survival is low.
Doctors recommend the following measures to prevent overheating:
Wearing wet clothes and hats to reduce body temperature through evaporation
- Immersion hands in cold water
- Use fans
- Wearing looser clothing
- Adoption of warm, not cold shower
A resident of Karachi told to media on Monday that no one in his family for a long time not to go out because of the terrible heat, and all the people of his district are sitting at home.
"In our area there is no electricity in the morning. We have already complained but there was no response from the company have not received", - he said.
The highest temperature recorded in Karachi reached 47 degrees in 1979. In May, about 1,700 people died from the heat in neighboring India.
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