Sweltering heat keeping doctors busy


Multi-tasking: A woman using an umbrella while cycling under the hot sun in Pandamaran, Klang.

PETALING JAYA: The hot weather is more than just bothersome for many. Checks with several clinics show that the number of people falling ill and seeing a doctor is also on the rise.

Primecare Clinic’s Dr Chandra Vathana Selvarajah said here the number of patients visiting the clinic had increased in the last 10 days from between 50 and 60 people a day to between 70 and 80.

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