Wrong treatment is killing patients of Heat Stroke

Wrong treatment rather than soaring temperatures are responsible for most of the 2,200 deaths in India’s relentless heat wave, doctors said. Heat stroke is a medical emergency and deaths can be prevented if treatment is started early. The most common mistake in treating a patient with high fever due to heat stroke is giving anti-fever medicine and waiting for it to take effect, said A. Marthanda Pillai, national president of the Indian Medical Association.