Hundreds of thousands of Romanians called, in the first three weeks of July, the emergency number 112, to ask for help in the context of the heat waves affecting Romania, the average being five calls every minute, according to a press release from the Special Telecommunications Service.
Between July 1 and 23, at the national level, STS operators of the 112 emergency service received 783,969 calls, of which 396,690 (50.60%) were emergency cases. Of these, 183,833 were medical emergencies (46.34%).
In the context of the heatwave weather warnings issued since the beginning of July, most of the emergency calls made to 112 concerned requests for medical assistance from the Ambulance and SMURD crews.
The most medical requests were registered on July 17, when more than 7,504 callers reported severe respiratory problems, conscious people who had fallen or had medical problems in public places, accidents caused by heatwaves, hyperthermia, extreme temperatures, as well as various medical emergencies.
The greatest burden on the activity of the 112 emergency service was felt in the counties in the south and west of the country, affected by extreme temperatures and a high discomfort index.
At the same time, since the beginning of July, emergency calls announcing uncontrolled burning and fires of dry vegetation have intensified. Thus, this month 3,071 such events were announced.AGERPRES
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