India's Sizzling Heatwave Leaves 15 Dead

India's scorching heatwave claims 15 lives

Heat kills at least 15 people in India as temperatures exceed 50C 

As temperatures in northern and central India continue to rise, several individuals have passed away from heat-related illnesses in the last 24 hours.

According to officials who spoke with the Reuters news agency on Thursday, ten deaths were reported at the government hospital in the Rourkela region of Odisha.

Authorities in the Rourkela region of Odisha reported to the Reuters news agency that ten deaths were reported at the government hospital on Thursday.

According to reports, the states of Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and Bihar, as well as the nation's capital Delhi, have also seen fatalities from heatstroke.

The Times of India newspaper was informed by Mahendra Kumar, the district magistrate of Bhojpur district in Bihar, that three poll officials and one police officer had passed away in the city on Thursday as a result of heat stroke.

“It was the hottest day, and despite having medical facilities at all centres, they collapsed. One home guard [volunteer policeman] became unconscious where he was staying,” Mr. Kumar said, adding that one house guard (volunteer policeman) passed out where he was staying.

India study reveals that working in extreme heat doubles the chance of stillbirth. He added that on Thursday, between thirty to forty patients had been admitted to the same hospital with heat-related illnesses.

The region's hospitals are seeing an increase in admissions for illnesses brought on by the heat.

A labourer who was admitted to a Delhi hospital on Thursday for treatment from heat stroke passed away.

Heat strokes have a 40–64% fatality rate, according to India's National Centre for Disease Control, making them a “life-threatening” disease.