Skirmisher
08-18-2003, 11:49 PM
French heat deaths 'could hit 5,000'
The French health minister has acknowledged that as many as 5,000 people could have died from the effects of heat in recent weeks.
Taken from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3160021.stm
While I understand that these were much higher temperatures than they have seen in a long time, they were not over 100 for the majority of the time.
The article mentions how some are trying to point to the 35 hour workweek as a handicap of the medical community when it came to dealing with the patient load.
I don't know, but it seems odd to me that that level of heat could wreak the havok that it did.
[Edited on 8-19-2003 by Skirmisher]
The French health minister has acknowledged that as many as 5,000 people could have died from the effects of heat in recent weeks.
Taken from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3160021.stm
While I understand that these were much higher temperatures than they have seen in a long time, they were not over 100 for the majority of the time.
The article mentions how some are trying to point to the 35 hour workweek as a handicap of the medical community when it came to dealing with the patient load.
I don't know, but it seems odd to me that that level of heat could wreak the havok that it did.
[Edited on 8-19-2003 by Skirmisher]