India recorded 33 heat-related deaths in 2022, none in 2023 but

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NEW DELHI: Over 30 deaths had been reported in India resulting from heat-related sickness in 2022, the Rajya Sabha was knowledgeable on Tuesday.No heat-related deaths have been reported in 2023, Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar mentioned.

Of the 33 heat-related deaths reported in 2022, 27 had been from Maharashtra. Three had been from Odisha, two had been from Telangana and one was from Andhra Pradesh.

Pawar mentioned the ministry had launched a National Action plan on heat-related sickness in 2021. This doc gives steering to handle extreme heat-related sicknesses by way of scientific administration, well being facility preparedness and surveillance of heat-related sicknesses. 

Based on the tenet of the National Action Plan, 18 states have ready motion plans for heat-related sicknesses. 

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The Union Health Ministry has began accumulating knowledge on morbidity and mortality resulting from heat-related sickness via Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) from heat-vulnerable states/union territories since 2015, the minister mentioned in a solution to a different written query. 

As per the information shared by the minister, many states haven’t reported heat-related deaths.

While in 2018, 25 deaths had been recorded; in 2019, 215 deaths had been reported, with Bihar reporting as many as 121 deaths, adopted by Telangana (42) and Andhra Pradesh (29).

In 2020, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, not many states reported heat-related deaths. The solely states that shared the data had been Kashmir, the place two individuals died resulting from heat-related sickness, adopted by Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu area the place one loss of life every was recorded.

In 2021, when Covid-19 was at its peak in India, not one of the states shared the data. 
 

NEW DELHI: Over 30 deaths had been reported in India resulting from heat-related sickness in 2022, the Rajya Sabha was knowledgeable on Tuesday.No heat-related deaths have been reported in 2023, Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar mentioned.

Of the 33 heat-related deaths reported in 2022, 27 had been from Maharashtra. Three had been from Odisha, two had been from Telangana and one was from Andhra Pradesh.

Pawar mentioned the ministry had launched a National Action plan on heat-related sickness in 2021. This doc gives steering to handle extreme heat-related sicknesses by way of scientific administration, well being facility preparedness and surveillance of heat-related sicknesses. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Based on the tenet of the National Action Plan, 18 states have ready motion plans for heat-related sicknesses. 

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The Union Health Ministry has began accumulating knowledge on morbidity and mortality resulting from heat-related sickness via Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) from heat-vulnerable states/union territories since 2015, the minister mentioned in a solution to a different written query. 

As per the information shared by the minister, many states haven’t reported heat-related deaths.

While in 2018, 25 deaths had been recorded; in 2019, 215 deaths had been reported, with Bihar reporting as many as 121 deaths, adopted by Telangana (42) and Andhra Pradesh (29).

In 2020, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, not many states reported heat-related deaths. The solely states that shared the data had been Kashmir, the place two individuals died resulting from heat-related sickness, adopted by Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu area the place one loss of life every was recorded.

In 2021, when Covid-19 was at its peak in India, not one of the states shared the data.