Vitebsk ambulance service strengthened with additional teams for "Slavianski Bazaar"

July 9, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Vitebsk ambulance service has been reinforced with additional teams for the "Slavianski Bazaar" festival, the deputy chief physician for medical affairs of the Vitebsk City Ambulance and Emergency Medical Aid Station, Oksana Grigorovich, told a BELTA correspondent. For the period of the International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", five teams from Orsha, Polotsk (2 each) and Novopolotsk have been additionally involved for duty in the regional center, in addition to the 21 existing teams. Medical workers will begin working in enhanced readiness mode from July 10. 21 mobile teams will be on duty at the venues of mass events, concerts, and festivities. Oksana Grigorovich also said that the scorching weather that has set in since the beginning of July has not significantly affected the number of calls. "Over the past week, only two calls were related to sunburns and one to heatstroke. The number of calls for patients with cardiovascular diseases has remained virtually at the same level," she stated, reminding of the need to observe basic safety rules in the heat: to carry water, not to forget headwear. As BELTA was informed at "Vitebskoblhydromet", today the region recorded the highest night temperature in the last 16 years. It was 21.7 degrees, breaking the 1996 record of 19.6 degrees Celsius. In general, the first decade of the month in the Vitebsk region was 6-8 degrees above the climatic norm. Today, the heat in the region will still persist: in Vitebsk, the temperature will be 30-32 degrees. But in the near future, an atmospheric front will pass, which will bring rain and a slight decrease in temperature. On July 10-11, temperatures of 23-28 degrees Celsius are expected, after which the heat will subside, and the weather will approach its climatic norm within 20-25 degrees. -0-