15-Year-Old in Icu After Suffering Heatstroke While Hiking in Metsovo

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The teenager was initially taken to the "Hatzikosta" hospital but it was deemed necessary to transfer him to the hospital in Rio.

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A 15-year-old boy is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital in Rio after suffering heatstroke while hiking in Metsovo. More...

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A 15-year-old boy is being treated at the Rio ICU in Patras after suffering heatstroke while hiking in Metsovo. The child suffers from a disease that prevents him from sweating. This, combined with the high temperature prevailing in the area, led the 15-year-old to feel unwell and faint. He was immediately approached by EKAB rescuers, who, together with a doctor, intubated him on the way to the Hatzikostas Hospital in Ioannina. At the hospital, …