KUNXUSWA izakhamizi zaKwaZulu-Natal ukuthi zithathe izinyathelo zokuphepha njengoba izinga lokushisa lilokhu lihlasele esifundazweni, njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi izinga lokushisa liqhubeke nokuba phezulu kuze kube uLwesihlanu. ISouth African Weather Service ikhiphe isexwayiso ngegagasi lokushisa ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, ikakhulukazi ezifundeni ezisenyakatho-ntshonalanga nasenyakatho ye-KZN.
Abezimo eziphuthumayo babike ukuthi babizelwe izimo eziphuthumayo eziningana ezihlobene nokushisa, ikakhulukazi ezibandakanya abantu abadala. U-Garrith Jamieson we-ALS Paramedics wagqamisa izingozi zokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni phakathi nezimo ezishisa kakhulu.
“Abantu abaningi asebekhulile bawile ngenxa yokushisa. Ukuntuleka kwe-hydration kuyisici esibalulekile, futhi abantu bavame ukubukela phansi ukuqina kokushisa,” kusho uJamieson.
USamantha Meyrick ovela ku-IPSS Medical Rescue weluleke izakhamuzi ukuthi zihlale ziqaphele izimpawu ze-heatstroke, ezihlanganisa:
- Ikhanda elibuhlungu kakhulu
- Ukuphalaza
- Ukudideka
- Ukushisa komzimba okuphezulu
- Ukujuluka ngokweqile
“Uma lezi zimpawu ziba zimbi kakhulu, kubalulekile ukuthi uxhumane nesevisi ye-ambulensi eseduze ngokushesha,” kwengeza uMeyrick.
Izakhamizi ziyakhunjuzwa ukuthi zihlale ziphuza amanzi, zigweme ukuchitha isikhathi eside elangeni, futhi zihlole abantu abantekenteke, ikakhulukazi abantu abadala nezingane ezincane, ngalesi sikhathi sokushisa okukhulu.