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A 35-year-old US woman died after she drank about two litres of water in a span of 20 minutes amid heatwave conditions in the country. Her death was due to water toxicity, a condition caused when one drinks excessive amounts of water in a short period of time, and such cases can be fatal. Posted By Persist |
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A tourist reportedly died Monday after going down a water slide and hitting his head on the concrete floor of a hotel pool in southwest Turkey. Ali Cilga, 65, was allegedly cautioned not to slide head first at an unidentified five-star resort in Manavgat in the Antalya Province, according to local media reports. The June 26 incident was captured on video footage that showed oblivious tourists continuing to swim without noticing Cilga. A man, which The Mirror reported may have been a lifeguard, eventually rushed to the water and pulled Cilga out before performing CPR. He was transported to a nearby hospital before dying. He was reportedly at the hotel celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar. An investigation is underway, reports The Mirror, with the Manavgat Public Prosecution ordering an autopsy at the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute. Posted by CZ |
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North Texas postal worker Eugene Gates Jr., 66, died on June 20 after he collapsed while delivering mail amid a dangerously high heat index, according to multiple reports — and now United States Postal Service (USPS) shifts in Texas will be starting earlier.
Postal workers said a flyer and alerts informed them their shifts would be moved to start at 7:30 in the morning, Fox 4 reported on Tuesday afternoon. The heat index the day the worker died reached 115 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest recorded temperature in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 1980, according to a local news outlet. A homeowner rushed outside to perform CPR after Gates lost consciousness, but he was later pronounced dead at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. The cause of death has yet to be determined by the medical examiner. Gates served in the United States Army. He later traded his uniform for another life of service for the USPS, as noted in a statement He was a member of Lone Star Branch 132 in the National Association of Letter Carriers. During his 36 years of delivering mail, Gates was “beloved by his colleagues and customers,” the statement added. “America’s letter carriers often work in dangerous environments,” National Association of Letter Carriers President Brian L. Renfroe, based in Washington, D.C., said in a recent statement. “The most important and immediate step that can be taken to protect anyone from the hazard of excessive heat is to learn as much as possible about this potentially life-threatening hazard — particularly the warning signs of heat illness,” he continued. Some organizations, such as the World Health Organization, claim that climate change is causing steadily rising temperatures and increasing exposure to heat. “Heat stroke can occur whenever one is exposed to excessive heat without protection, cooling measures or fluid and electrolyte repletion,” Carl Allamby, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio🕊️ Posted by JR |
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