Mass-awareness needed to prevent heat-related illness

Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) organised a seminar on heat-related illness at its conference hall on Thursday.

RAJSHAHI, April 26 – Generation of awareness among the pople in general, particularly the children and aged people, can be the crucial means of preventing heat-related illness.

Many people, including children, adolescents and aged, are being attacked with dehydration due to the ongoing heat wave. Some of them reportedly die due to heat stroke.

Medical practitioners and health experts came up with this observation while addressing a scientific seminar on heat-related illness caused by the present heat wave.

Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) organised the seminar at its conference hall supported by the society of medicine on Thursday discussing ways and means to prevent the illness by generating mass-awareness.

In his keynote presentation, Dr Mahbubur Rahman, general secretary of RMC Teachers Association (RMCTA), talked about the causes of heat-related illness and prevention of those.

RMC Principal Prof Dr Nawshad Ali addressed the seminar as the chief guest while RMCTA President Dr Hafizur Rahman spoke as special guest with the local unit president of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad Dr Khalilur Rahman in the chair. 

Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Dr Rokeya Khatun, Head of the Department of Medicine Dr Hassan Tarique and Head of the Department of Pediatrics Dr Shahida Yeasmin also spoke on their expertise on the issue. 

The seminar was told that unnecessary movement outside of home should be avoided, and if necessary umbrellas should be used. People should take bath regularly, drink sufficient water and saline water while special care of babies should be taken to prevent the heat-related illness. – Source: BSS