Heat in south makes children sickVietNamNet Bridge – Temperatures in HCM City shot up to 33 degrees Celsius last week, triggering respiratory and digestive disease and hand, foot, and mouth disease among children, according to the city’s Paediatrics Hospital 1. A doctor at HCM City’s Paediatrics Hospital 1 examines a child. — Photo: VNA/VNSDr Pham Van Hoang of the city Paediatrics Hospital 1 said April and May are the peak heat periods in the city, with temperatures reaching as high as of 39 degrees Celsius, resulting in a growing number of sick children. Nearly 7,000 children visited the city’s Paediatrics Hospital 2 for disease examination and treatment every day last week. So Doan brought her to the city’s Paediatrics Hospital 1.

Source: VietNamNet News March 27, 2017 06:11 UTC