Hundreds of others remained under treatment in various hospitals across the city, with the government declaring a state of medical emergency. Dr. Salma Kauser, senior director for medical and health at the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), told Dawn that more than 400 people were undergoing treatment at KMC-run hospitals.
The effect of the unbearable heat was worsened by repeated power outages, with infuriated citizens staging protests against the government in several parts of the city. Protesters clashed with police, burning tires and stoning police vehicles, according to local news outlet Pakistan Today. The outrage extended to Pakistani netizens as well, with Vocativ reporting that over 3,000 tweets went out on Monday with the hashtag #KarachiWeepsGovtSleeps.
A spokesman for the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit focused on social welfare, said the organization’s morgue was struggling to accommodate all the heatwave victims and had to deny many families due to lack of space.
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