One Woman’s Dance with Heat Dome Death
Advocates warn the province is moving too slowly in tracking and managing the health risks from extreme hot weather.
Hiren Mansukhani is a writer and reporter who is working with The Tyee in partnership with the Tula Foundation. Follow him on Twitter @hirenm1996. SHARES Two organizations estimate between 5,000 and 6,000 British Columbians suffered heat-related injuries in the first week of the June heat wave. But the province doesn’t track them.
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On the afternoon of June 30, when parts of B.C. were engulfed in flames, Julia Kidder was alone in a friend’s SUV, barrelling down a road she could barely recognize.
Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave
by Camille Bains, The Canadian Press
Posted Jul 30, 2021 4:00 am EDT
Last Updated Jul 30, 2021 at 4:11 am EDT
VANCOUVER Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track “heat dome injuries” following record-setting temperatures that are also linked with 570 deaths in the province over a one-week period.
Representatives of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and the West Coast Environmental Law Association said thousands of people across the province sought medical help for conditions like heat stroke, dehydration and even brain injury but there’s no way to track the extent of the problem.
Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave
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Wildfire smoke fills the air and obstructs the view of the mountains as people keep cool in Sicamous B.C., on Thursday July 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
VANCOUVER – Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track “heat dome injuries” following record-setting temperatures that are also linked with 570 deaths in the province over a one-week period.
Representatives of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and the West Coast Environmental Law Association said thousands of people across the province sought medical help for conditions like heat stroke, dehydration and even brain injury but there’s no way to track the extent of the problem.
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