Authorities are now investigating why so many of the deaths in Uttar Pradesh occurred in a single district—Ballia—despite surrounding areas experiencing similarly brutal heat and humidity.
was removed from their post over the weekend after linking a large number of patient deaths to a scorching heat wave in the country.
Brajesh Pathak, the state’s health minister, said officials are now looking into what’s caused the death of “so many people” in Ballia, with localThe facility’s medical chief, Dr. Divakar Singh, was transferred from his post after allegedly blaming the weather for the deaths despite some physicians saying that the patients had not displayed symptoms typically associated with heat, according to. His statement was later described by that the state’s deputy chief minister as “careless.
Staff at the Ballia district hospital have instead been forced to cool patients by fanning them with books, and state officials have warned elderly residents to stay indoors. Opposition politicians have criticized the local government for failing to adequately prepare and respond to the extreme temperatures.
Investigators from the state government now say other factors may have played a role in the deaths—though it’s not yet clear what the factors might be. “These do not appear to be heat wave-related deaths because nearby districts facing similar conditions are not throwing up similar death figures,” Dr. AK Singh, one of the investigators, told. “The initial symptoms were of chest pain mostly, which is not the first symptom for someone affected by a heat wave.
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