According to a statement by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday, between Monday 4 p.m. and yesterday 4 p.m., the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre’s emergency department received two cases of hypothermia, two women aged 79 and 94. One of the women died while the other remains hospitalised. The statement did not release the age of the woman who passed away.
The bureau urged the public to take precautions to avoid hypothermia. It asked caretakers to pay attention to the elderly and the chronically ill and ensure that they keep warm.
At 2 a.m. today, the temperature stood at around 10 degrees Celsius.
