Pamela’s Story
Pamela shared her experience working as a former pediatric nurse during a heatwave period. Her story highlights the experience of key workers and the fragility of our critical infrastructure and services in the face of increasing global temperatures. Pamela explained how temperatures in the pediatric ward did not need to reach 40 degrees to create dire conditions for both patients and staff. Feeding and taking care of vulnerable people, in this case children, was met with severe complications. High temperatures lowered the appetite of many patients, increasing their risk of dehydration, and deteriorating the current condition of their health.
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“It didn’t have to reach 40 degrees outside before it became unbearable inside the ward”.