By Ron Howells • Published: 30 Aug 2021 • 12:59
Malaga Children's hospital reports tragic death of 3-year-old boy from heatstroke. image: Wikipedia
Malaga Children’s hospital has reported the tragic death of a 3-year-old boy from heatstroke that was admitted to the ICU on Saturday.
A three-year-old boy died in Malaga after suffering from heatstroke due to soaring temperatures over the weekend. According to a report from malagahoy, the child had been admitted to the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga– one of the hottest days recorded this summer.
The child arrived as an urgent case at the health centre in the province of Malaga on Saturday, August 28, and was immediately admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he remained until his death on Sunday.
At the moment, no further information regarding the tragic circumstances of the case have emerged.
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The province of Malaga endured a very hot weekend, with a new *terral episode that forced the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) to activate the yellow warning for high temperatures.
Although the heat was constant all weekend, the worst day was Saturday, which caused the thermometers to go off the scale and read close to 40 degrees in some places. The maximum temperature was registered in Vélez-Málaga at 3:00 p.m., where 39.6 degrees were reached. Very close were Estepona and Malaga Airport, which registered values of 37.7 and 37.6 degrees, respectively.
* The Terral is a catabatic wind that brings with it an increase in temperatures and a decrease in humidity that increases the risk of heatstroke in humans and animals and fires in the summer period.
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