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Romania under Code Red advisory for heatwave: 1,796 calls for ambulances in past 30 hours; 42 persons fainted

July 1, 2017

A number of 1796 calls were placed with the Bucharest-Ilfov Ambulance Service since Friday morning until Saturday 13:00 hrs, no increases compared to a normal day, said, for AGERPRES, the manager of the institution, Alis Grasu. “Since yesterday morning until Saturday around 13:30, 1,796 persons needed ambulances in Bucharest and Ilfov County, of which 921 […]

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