Despite careful care, the postman who was previously transported from Kelebia in a life-threatening condition by an ambulance helicopter died after he collapsed on the street in the heat and was found unconscious by passers-by – it was reported by Baon.hu.
According to the information of the county newspaper, the middle-aged man had been lying unconscious in the hot sun for a long time, when he was found, his body was very overheated, his body temperature was cooled to 43 degrees, his condition was stabilized, and then the ambulance helicopter took him to the hospital in Halas.
He received professional medical treatment in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Halas, but despite careful care, his life could not be saved, and he later died. The article reminds us that the day before the postman fell ill, July 16, was the hottest day of the year so far, 41.6 degrees Celsius was measured in Kelebia, which was barely three tenths of a degree below the highest absolute record ever officially recorded in Hungary, 41.9 At the Celsius value measured in Kiskunhalas in July 2007. It was also extremely hot on the day of the tragedy, the mercury reading on the thermometer exceeded 40 degrees.
Source: magyarnemzet.hu
